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Ancient rituals for health and warding off calamity

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As August temperatures soar to 40 C and over, wildfires rage, not to mention the Covid-19 pandemic, we at Radio Bulgaria decided to take a look at how our ancestors viewed calamity in their lives.

There are two ancient rituals for warding off epidemics, hailstorms, floods, wildfires and other disasters. The rituals were performed in absolute silence in the witching hour - after sundown and before the first light of day.

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Editing Elena Karkalanova


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