February 14 is known all over the world as Valentine’s Day. However, this day has additional significance in Bulgaria. In Bulgaria, February 14 is the day of Saint Triphon (also known as Triphon Zarezan) – the patron saint of vine-growers and winemakers. Tryphon was born around 225. AD, in the Roman province of Phrygia (modern …
By folk medicine we mean, from an ethnographic point of view, the tradition of understanding the causes of diseases, the symptoms they cause and the ways of treating them in the peasant world. Its knowledge is two-sided, including the experience of diseases and the procedures and instructions for their cure. Folk medicine cannot be dissociated …
Autumn has always been an important season in Hungary because it brings many changes in nature that affect people’s daily lives and traditions. Hungarian autumn traditions have numerous expressions, some of which we present below. The tradition of autumn harvest has long been present in Hungary and is one of our most important traditions. During …
A holiday that is unequivocally associated with summer is the Harvest Festival. This holiday is celebrated on various dates, depending on the region and the growing season of the year. It marks the end of the harvest season – the gathering of the grain harvest, and crowns the hard work on the land. Initially it …
