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PAINTING EGGS

PAINTING EGGS

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Every year before Easter, in the Historical Museum of Velingrad, a study is opened for painting on eggs with a traditional wax technique. The program for Easter includes exhibitions, demonstratio...

National Festival “Spring HORO”

National Festival “Spring HORO”

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“Let’s Dance a HORO (round dance) in the Rhodope Mountains” The National Festival “Spring HORO” for lovers of Bulgarian poular dance, called HORO (collective dance ...

Sports Dance “Dance and Spa”

Sports Dance “Dance and Spa”

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It is a national tournament of Sports Dance for Cup “Velingrad” and “Dance and Spa” – the organizers are KST “Impuls” and the Municipality of Velingrad.

THE INTERNATIONAL WATER DAY

THE INTERNATIONAL WATER DAY

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World Water Day is celebrated every year on 22 March. To celebrate the Day of Fresh Water was proposed at the 1992 Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its aim is ...

THE LIBERATION DAY

THE LIBERATION DAY

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Traditionally, to honor the memory of those who died in the Russian-Turkish War for Liberation, the day 2 of March, in front of the fountain – monument in the park “The liberatorsR...

VASIL LEVSKI

VASIL LEVSKI

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Every year on February 19 in the municipality of Velingrad the memory of Vasil Levski is honored. Crowns and flowers are placed in front of the monument of Vasil Levski in the Kamenitsa district....

GAGANITSA

GAGANITSA

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In the festive calendar of each region certain festivals stand out. In our Velingrad one of the most important festivals is SIRNI ZAGOVEZNI, or as we call it here – ZAGOVELKI and PROSHKI (A...

BABIN DEN

BABIN DEN

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The Day of the midwives (BABIN DEN) is one of the biggest female popular feasts, dedicated to “the grandmothers” – the women who help in childbirth, and the young wives who have...

YORDANOVDEN

YORDANOVDEN

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Yordanovden (Yordan’s Name Day) is the Twelfth Christmas Eve (Epiphany). In Kamenitsa they call it “Healing Christmas “, because on this day the priests go through all the hous...

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