Midsummer's Day or Enyovden in Bulgaria is always celebrated on June 24, when the church honors the birth of St. John the Baptist. Folklore traditions are associated with the day of the summer solstice, when the sun "twinkles" and "plays" at..
There is a saying in China that when you appreciate your own beauty, you are capable of appreciating someone else’s. The idea of “Summer with Chinese culture in Bulgaria” is to get to know and accept one another by having fun together. The..
Bulgarian folklore groups from different European countries will be singing and dancing at the 8 th edition of the festival “In the square of the other Bulgaria”. The event is taking place on 3 and 4 June in the capital of Czechia Prague, and is..
Gabriela Ivanova is a 13-year-old teenage singer who lives in Dublin. The young talent has had several successful musical projects with famous Bulgarian musicians. Her latest project has been recently released, showing the entire..
April 24 marked the 82 nd anniversary since the birth of Nedyalka Keranova- one of the most remarkable voices of Bulgarian folklore, who passed away in 1966 at the age of 55. Our listener and friend Noris Balabanyan who lives in the USA and whose..
"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..
