On May 1, Panagyurishte is the center of celebrations for the 147th anniversary of the April Uprising. They began with a procession led by the Poibrenе Silver Cross. With it, the Flying rebel detachment of voivode Georgi Benkovski was blessed. A..
There is a shrine from Bulgaria's heroic past, before which every Bulgarian should stand with faith and bow with respect, as our ancestors who participated in the April Uprising did. The silver cross from the village of Poibrene located in the..
On April 30 and May 1, the town of Koprivshtitsa hosts the celebrations on the occasion of the 147th anniversary since the outbreak of the April Uprising. The commemorative events are to start at 6 pm in Todor Kableshkov House Museum, with the..
Koprivshtitsa, a small town in Sredna Gora Mount on Topolnitsa Rover, is a remarkable unique historical reserve. Koprivshtitsa for beginners, or how to spend a weekend in the past With its cobblestone streets, its brightly coloured houses..
The town of Koprivshtitsa is a real architectural jewel because of its well-preserved appearance from the 19 th century. Unlike other historical places in Bulgaria, you will not see any signs of neglect here. The streets are clean, and most of the..
Translucent, delicate, made out of fantasy and love – the lace from the town of Koprivshtitsa, with its intricate ornamentation, used to be an element of all traditional clothing and household fabrics in the town. Once, the women of..
Vlada Tomova is a vocalist, songwriter, and in recent years, an organizer of master classes in Bulgarian folk singing. She was born in Crimea, Ukraine, grew up in Bulgaria, and went to the United States to study jazz at Berklee College of Music. Even as..
A partial state of disaster is again declared in the Karlovo region where houses have been flooded in the villages of Rozino, Slatina, Stoletovo, Bogdan and Karavelovo. The torrential rains caused the rupture of a dike on the Stryama river. A..
Love of Bulgaria’s songs and dances brought hundreds of visitors from abroad to the festival in Koprivshtitsa during the weekend at the beginning of August. People from the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, France, the UK spent their time..
If you find yourself in Koprivshtitsa at the time of the festival, you will never forget your time here. The town and the Voevodenets meadows in the environs spring to life in colourful, polyphonic, ever changing tableaux. People from Bulgaria and..
