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Pages in category "Bulgarian folklore" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ala (demon) B.
The title has been translated into English in various ways, including Collection of folklore and folk studies, Collection of works of the popular spirit, etc. This is a publication in which a great amount of Bulgarian (including from Macedonia, Bessarabia etc.) folk songs, tales, etc. have been first published.
Bulgarian folklore (2 C, 29 P) M. Bulgarian folk music (7 C, 1 P) P. Pomak dances (2 P) T. Bulgarian traditions (21 P) This page was last edited on 15 May 2024, at 05 ...
Kukeri dancing in Kalipetrovo. Kukeri is a divinity personifying fecundity. Sometimes in Bulgaria and Serbia it is a plural divinity. In Bulgaria, a ritual spectacle of spring (a sort of carnival) takes place after a scenario of folk theatre, in which Kuker's role is interpreted by a man attired in a sheep- or goat-pelt, wearing a horned mask and girded with a large wooden phallus.
Pages in category "Bulgarian folklorists" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. Ivan Enchev-Vidyu; G.
A Martenitsa (Bulgarian: мартеница, pronounced [ˈmartɛnit͡sa]; Macedonian: мартинка, romanized: martinka; Greek: μάρτης, romanized: mártis; Romanian: mărțișor [mər.t͡siˈʃor] ⓘ; Albanian: verore) is a small piece of adornment, made of white and red yarn and usually in the form of two dolls, a white male and a ...
In Bulgarian folklore, they are associated with places related to water - wells, rivers, lakes. [3] Thus, there are landmarks in Bulgaria that have the word "samodiva" or "samovila" in them. An example of that are the Samodivski Lakes in the Pirin Mountain. Specifically, they live under large old trees, in abandoned sheds or in dark caves that ...
Dog spinning (Bulgarian: тричане на куче(та), trichane na kuche(ta)) is a ritual that was traditionally practiced on the first day of Lent in the village of Brodilovo in southeastern Bulgaria. The ritual is thought to have pagan origins [1] and was performed in order to prevent rabies. [2]