"Folklore gives us the most generous gifts - strength, health, love and comfort," says Bulgarian folk singer Zlatka Stavreva. Known among connoisseurs as the "white swallow of Strandzha", she tirelessly conveys to young people her love for songs..
Surrounded by the tropical beauty of Hainan island in China, Yanitsa Stamenova and Vasilena Vasileva from the Prof. Asen Diamandiev Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Art in Plovdiv opened the International Cultural Rose Festival in Sanya with a..
37 ensembles from 14 U.S. states and 7 dance groups from Canada will participate in the largest Bulgarian folklore festival in North America - "Verea". Its 13th edition starts on April 27 with a screening of the film "Kaval Park", but..
"I think that Bulgarian folklore is in our blood, it is genetically embedded in us" - this is the start of our conversation with a patriotic Bulgarian woman living “down under” who manages to introduce generations of Bulgarians to Bulgarian folk..
She is retired employee of the Netherlands Post Office, free now to dedicate her time to her great passion - Bulgarian folk music. Ingrid Veeninga, 77, is Dutch. She lives in Amsterdam and never skips a rehearsal of Chubritsa - one of the most..
More than 7,000 people will take part in the XIX Kukeri Games Festival "Simitliya - The Ancient Land of Kukeri" this weekend (January 14-15) in the town of Simitli. Traditionally, every year on the second Saturday of January..
At the beginning of February, the Bulgarian audience will see the premiere of The Banshees of Inisherin directed by Martin McDonagh. The film is among the favorites for the Oscar, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. At the Venice Film..
This festive season we present the music of three talented jazz composers and performers – Borislav Petrov, Ludmil Krumov and Vladimir Karparov, who have had a number of joint projects. All three have a solid education earned abroad, abundant..
One of the unforgettable experiences created by Bulgaria's only open-air ethnographic museum "Etar" near the town of Gabrovo is the school for “koledari” (carolers). The initiative, which started in 2017, is similar to the established..
On December 20, we pay homage to the holy martyr Ignatius the God-bearer. According to the holy books, Ignatius was the child mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew. The evangelist describes the dispute between Christ's apostles about who among them..
