Throwing of the cross in Kalofer town.
Every year om this day the men play a ring dance in the ice waters of Tundzha River.
This photography won the photojournalism competition BGPRESSPHOTO 2006
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Over 500 mummers from all over the country take part in the carnival games in Shiroka Laka town, devoted to the First Sunday before Lent
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Sqeezing of the grapes, a ritual for the wine harvest`s opening in Brestovitza village
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On the eve of preceding 6th May. The place of "Dambala" near Momchil town. The forest revives from thousands of believers. An ancient belief leads them here - the water that flows out the springlet becomes healing at midnight.
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A prayer offered up on the Holly Cross Day in the place of "Krastova gora". According to the legend, a fragment of the cross, on which Jeasus Christ was crucified, is buried here.
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The people from the Plovdiv village Tsarimir celebrated the holliday Mufkanitsa. On this day the men jump over fires, so the horned cattle will be healthy and reproductive. This is the only place, where the local people keep and continue the thousand-year old tradition of Vlas Day - the first hoiday that spells the spring. The women knead round loafs and give out it in the square for the health of the oxes.See more here
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On the first day of Easter the wonder faith gathered a hundreds of laymen in Bachkovo Cloister. According to the tradition, on the day after Easter the wonder-working icon of Holly Mother comes out of the monastery temple and goes to the place "Kluviyata".See more here
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The ritual "Kapanki" is a unique of its nature in the town of Perushtitza. The grooms from the previous year are taking a bath in the icy water of the river. SEE MORE
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Midwives` Day in the village of Brestnik. This is one of the big folklore female holidays that is devoted to the "midwives" - the women who help in birth, and to the young brides who have given birth. On this day, people pay their respect to the elderly women who have assisted the young mothers in childbirths.
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