Folk singer Valya Balkanska from the Rhodope region turns 80 today.
The singer gained world fame with the song Izlel e Delyo Haidutin, a recording of which was included on the Golden Record carried on board the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes into outer space. Recordings of her performances are kept at the Bulgarian Naitonal Radio’s Golden Fund audio archives.
Clocks and bells will ring out in the center of Stara Zagora on Saturday, when the city will host the XXIV Masquerade Games Festival . The event will start with a traditional parade of participants. Attractive babugers, araps, old men and other..
Today marks the 88th anniversary of the birth of remarkable Bulgaria folk singer Nadka Karadzhova . Born on March 14, 1937 in the then Pazardzhik village of Trivoditsi (today - Plovdiv region), she is a descendant of an old musical family. At the age..
Every year, the chitalishte (community culture club) in the village of Kralevo not far from Targovishte, re-enacts Bulgarian traditions and rituals, organizing contests such as “Master lyutenitsa - maker” and “From granny’s dresser”. And for the..
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