If you look for the ancient sound of the Strandja song, you can find it in the voice of Petko Nanchev from the village of Gramatikovo. If you want to hear an interesting story on the beautiful nature of the Strandja Mountain, listen to the words of Petko in an exclusive interview for RB. The man used to work as a forester in the course of a few decades and he has carried the Strandja songs in his soul ever since the childhood years. Petko has recently made several recordings for the BNR archive and all of them were acapella – some of those are really unique samples that used to accompany different customs back in the days.
A festive concert of the Otets Paissii Performing Folk Ensemble will be held in Nessebar today, as the ensemble celebrates 70 years since its establishment. The formation is the oldest Bulgarian folklore ensemble in the USA at the..
Ritual food is an integral part of the Bulgarian ritual system. In the calendar of a Bulgarian village more than a century ago, food with meat was rarely consumed. People usually ate meat 4-5 times a year - on Christmas, St. George’s..
At the end of the 19th century, the Czech artist and folklorist Ludvík Kuba travelled to Bulgaria with one goal in mind: to explore the country's rich song heritage. The melodies he collected were published in a separate volume of his Slavic Song..
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