Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Children will paint eggs in a National Ethnographic Museum workshop

Photo: BGNES

An egg-painting workshops is opening today in the garden of the former Knyazheski palace, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences’ National Ethnographic Museum has announced. The Museum is co-organizer of the event, alongside Sofia municipality.  

During the workshop, museum experts will demonstrate the traditional egg-dyeing technique and will tell the children about the ritual Easter practices, the role of the red egg in legends and customs, and about the patterns on the painted eggs and what they symbolize.

The participants will be able to paint their own eggs, and for the youngest children there will be games.  



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Warm winter day with sunshine and highs up to 18°C

On Tuesday, fog will cover many lowlands and valleys. Around midday, visibility will temporarily improve in most areas, except along the Danube and in the western part of the Upper Thracian Plain. Minimum temperatures will be between -2°C and 3°C,..

published on 1/27/25 7:05 PM
Georg Georgiev

Cooperation between the EU and the US in the Western Balkans is important for Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs participated today in the first regular meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels for the year. The European diplomats discussed the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, EU-US relations and..

published on 1/27/25 5:49 PM
Товарният кораб „Вежен“, закотвен край Карлскрона, Швеция на 27 януари 2025 г.

Bulgarian Embassy in Stockholm in contact with Swedish authorities over the Vezhen ship situation

The Bulgarian Embassy in Stockholm is in contact with the Swedish authorities and is closely following the developments in the case, the Foreign Ministry told BTA.  The Swedish prosecutor's office said earlier that a Bulgarian ship, the Vezhen, had..

published on 1/27/25 4:16 PM