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  2. Kukeri - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Slavic carnival - Wikipedia

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    Kukeri (Bulgarian: кукери; singular: kuker, кукер) are elaborately costumed Bulgarian men who perform traditional rituals intended to scare away evil spirits. Closely related traditions are found throughout the Balkans and Greece (including Romania and the Pontus ).

  4. Tsvetta Kaleynska - Wikipedia

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    Tsvetta was born and raised in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria in the family of a university professor and a gynaecologist, [1] both of Bulgarian descent. Kaleynska was named after her grandmother, and her name in translation from Bulgarian means “flower.” In addition to her native language, Tsvetta speaks English, French, Spanish, and Italian.

  5. Culture of Bulgaria - Wikipedia

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    In 2009 Pernik was proclaimed as the European capital of Surva's and Mummer's. The news that the Kukeri tradition and the Surva Festival in Pernik will be included in UNESCO's list of protected non-material cultural heritage, was announced before the inaugural ceremony of the 20th edition of the mummery fest in 2015.

  6. Razlog - Wikipedia

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    Razlog is a town with rich cultural traditions and customs kept through the centuries with the spirit of original Bulgarian values. [original research?] Two of the most significant folklore events in Bulgaria [citation needed] [4] are organized and held in Razlog. These are the New Year's Kukeri holidays and the gathering for folk art "Pirin ...

  7. Woman Says Sister-in-Law Is Upset After She Didn’t Eat Her ...

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    A woman's sister-in-law is upset after she didn't try her side dish — that she suspects might've been from last year. In a post on Reddit, a woman claims that her sister-in-law brought a frozen ...

  8. Bride and Groom Drift into Wedding Reception in Mini Electric ...

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    An Australian couple wowed 270 wedding guests with their surprise reception entrance. As Teriyaki Boyz's "Tokyo Drift" from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift played, the newlyweds drove into ...

  9. Bulgarian customs - Wikipedia

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    Kukeri; Koleda , Koledari; Velikden ; Name Days; International Mother's Day, March 8; Independence Day, March 3; Sveti, Sveti Kiril i Metodii, May 24 Star Wars; Other Bulgarian customs, specific for Bulgaria, worship God, the saints, the nature, the health, and chase away bad spirits : St. Andrew's Day - 30 November; Antonovden - 17 January