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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.
Baba Marta (Bulgarian: Баба Марта, "Granny March") is the name of a Bulgarian mythical figure who brings with her the end of the cold winter and the beginning of the spring. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Her holiday of the same name is celebrated in Bulgaria on 1 March with the exchange and wearing of martenitsi .
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.
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 ...
The folklore that has been collected and stored reflects only a fraction of the complex understanding that the character of the Samodiva entails, since the folktales have gone through numerous sieves, both during the writing stages of the folklore collections, and later on, as a result of the regime and ideology shifts of the Balkan Peninsula ...
Folk festivals in Bulgaria (2 P) Bulgarian folklore (2 C, 29 P) M. Bulgarian folk music (7 C, 1 P) P. Pomak dances (2 P) T. Bulgarian traditions (21 P)
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.
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.