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 …
A family without children is considered incomplete – “a house without children is empty”. There are no categorically expressed preferences of all families for her gender, but everywhere they are happy with a boy. For the young mother, it is a special pride to say that she has an “asker – soldier” – the explanation …
Nestinarstvo is one of the ancient Bulgarian customs, originating thousands of years ago. Its appearance is associated with the Thracians and their cult of the sun. This custom is typical for Bulgarian villages from Eastern Thrace – Southeastern Bulgaria from the beginning of the 20th century. The Nestinary games are unique, and the rites associated …
Eastern Thrace is an area of great geopolitical importance and a center of great culture throughout the centuries. It includes the areas of Raidestos, Adrianoupolis, Saranda Ekklisies, Tsanakale and Constantinople. Today, with the Treaty of Constantinople in 1913 and the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, the region was annexed to the Turkish state and its …
