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is especially proud of its rich folklore. Folk dances, music, national costumes and traditional rituals do have an important place in the life of Bulgarians. There are numerous holidays and happenings that a foreign visitor may also attend, some typical of them are:
Sourvakars – on 1st January, boys going from house to house, wishing people a Happy New Year slapping them ritually with an orname
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"Rozhen Sings" National Festival
The festival is usually held once every two years during the last weekend of August. Rozhen is situated in the Southwest part of Bulgaria in the Rhodope Mountain. The first big festival has been organized at the Rozhen meadows in July 1898 by the priest at the church of the Sokolovtsi village. In those years the meadows were on the boarder between the liberated pa
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