Category: Culture

The New Year is traditionally greeted in Bulgaria with "Surwaknicami"”, that is, rods entwined in a loop and decorated with flowers. With New Year's greetings, he strikes with "Surwaknica"” addressee of these wishes, saying:

..Surwa, surwa year, cheerful new godina!
A golden class on the cornfield,…

One of the most pleasant places of this type on the entire Black Sea coast is "Wodenicata” in Golden Sands. We discovered the special atmosphere of this place in winter, when the silence and lack of rush prevailing here deepened the impression of full authenticity. So often by entering through the gate arched in the wall …

“In the fall, when caravans of carts departed from all over Dobruja to the marina in Balchik and the Batov water mill, they could not avoid Antimov and the Sarandovica inn. Then the happy days started wandering around. Outside, you could see the uncoupled carts, and while …

During our stays in Bulgaria, we had the opportunity to find out more than once, that sharing the delights of the table with guests is greatly appreciated and that the sacramental formula, which greets the new arrivals "Good come - zapowjadajte”, it is not an empty phrase. Greeting …

As in all countries, in which viticulture is developed on a wide rock, so also in Bulgaria, early autumn begins a great grape harvest campaign that mobilizes not only agricultural service workers. Workplaces will help, schools, youth organizations. The grapes must be harvested …

Discussing the culinary day of a typical Bulgarian, you cannot ignore the tradition of an evening walk around the city. It is a time of complete relaxation after the stresses of the day, time to meet friends. This unhurried wandering along the downtown streets is part of the daily ritual. So regardless of the fact, whether …

Also in today's Bulgaria, despite the obvious pace of life, pleasure is not given up, good food gives. It's hard to find a family here, in which traditional preserves would not be made for the winter and people would not sit down to eat together at least once a day.
Jadłospis …

Could there be anything more pleasing to the eye, than the sight of a city market like this, October days overexposed by the sun, when the stalls bend under heaps of vegetables and fruits of all colors and shapes?
Heavy, honey grapes, huge pods of red pepper, wianki …

National Bulgarian cuisine convinces us eloquently, that its creators have mastered the culinary art to a high degree, that they were able to fully appreciate not only the variety of food, but also interesting flavor compositions. One of the heroes of Ljuben Karawełov's novel - Bulgarians of Old Times” — …

At the end of April, the grasses in the mountain pastures are already so lush, that you can go there with the sheep. However, in line with time-honored tradition, the sheep season officially begins on St.. George - the so-called. Gergiowden, falling according to the calendar valid here …