Mummers are to parade in central Plovdiv (Central South Bulgaria) this afternoon. The parade will begin at 16.30 pm in front of the Military Club-Plovdiv, the BNR Plovdiv reports. The event is linked to the folk customs on Cheesefare Sunday (which marks the beginning of Christian fasting) when people give forgiveness and ask for forgiveness. The mummers perform rituals for health and fertility. The ancient Slavic ritual "Maslenitsa", which is part of the folk calendar of the Russian-speaking communities, will be reenacted on the Small Main Street.
The two-day Masquerade Festival "Kukerlandia" continues in the town of Yambol (Southeastern Bulgaria). More than 50 folklore groups from all over the country are attending the festival. The festival is related to customs of chasing the evil spirits away, meeting the spring and awakening the earth. Mummer processions will take place in other Bulgarian cities as well.
The scheduled annual maintenance of Unit 5 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant has been completed, the plant announced. The unit was reconnected to the national electricity grid at 9:53 AM following an inspection and a positive assessment by the..
"GERB-SDS" is the first political force in the elections for national parliament with 64.06% of the tally sheets processed, announced the Central Election Commission. The results as of 10:00 am on June 10 are: GERB-SDS – 23.65% DPS –..
The last polling stations on the west coast of the US - Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle - closed at 6pm Bulgarian time... In general, the impression is of a low turnout, said BNR correspondent in Chicago Elena Tsaneva, telling..
As of 5 p.m. on June 9, voter turnout in the elections for National Assembly was 23.4%, Gallup..
Sunny weather is in the forecast for Sunday afternoon. Cumulus clouds will form over the mountains in the western parts of the country with a chance of..
More than 300 people with disabilities are voting from their homes today in Sofia. They vote with mobile ballot boxes in 14 polling stations. The mobile..
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