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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.
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 ).
The carnival called Jumalovden includes performance of kukeri (mummers) in traditional costumes which influence is dating back to Tracks. During the summer there is another festival on the St. Elija's Day. It includes wide variety of activities as concerts and bazaars. Originally from Kalugerovo, is the best-selling Bulgarian author Iliyan ...
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.
The State Agency for National Security said Alexander Gatsak, a correspondent for Russian state-run newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, was stripped of his residency rights and barred from entering ...
Russia on Thursday warned Bulgaria that it would retaliate against Sofia for its decision to expel a Russian journalist on national security grounds, something it called an "outrageous" attack on ...
By Alissa de Carbonnel and Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria, which has a strong pro-Russian lobby in government, needs more time to decide whether to follow NATO and EU allies in ...
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 ...