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    I’m interested in bulgarian paganism, where should I visit or who should I talk to

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    1. kudelin on

      Look up the following books:

      Димитър Маринов – Народна вяра и релиогиозни народни обичаи

      Иваничка Георгиева – Българска народна митология

      I can’t think of any notable sources in English rn but I can check later.

    2. Lazy_Following3564 on

      It is happening between New years Eve and “Sirni Zagovezni”, 7 weeks before Easter. Usually, in January. Many cities are participating in this tradition. But the biggest selebration I believe is in Pernik.

    4. Elbowed_In_The_Face on

      You could visit a few ethnographic museums, they usually have a few exhibits. But basically, every region has a bit of pagan rituals left in some form of holidays, it’s just that most people here take them for granted and some are even incorporated into Christian holidays.

      That’s why people don’t talk that much about them – like St. Lazarus’ day with Lazarki – young girls dress up in traditional clothes and sing songs from door to door or Koledari – men dressed like old timey shepards also going door to door to sing for good fortune. These were all derived from Slavic or Bulgar pagan rituals.

      Only the Kukeri – the ones you pictured here – are the most distinctly pagan. And you could also look up Nestinari – the live embers or fire walkers. I’ve seen them once and they’re fascinating too, but very few people still do that kind of thing.

    5. Soggy-Childhood5307 on

      This picture is taken in Razlog, just 5 km from the town of Bansko. Every year on the first day of the year we have this massive gathering, where people dress with these costumes to ”scare away the ghosts and bad forces”. Feel free to ask me anything about it.

    8. Clear-Challenge1410 on

      This specific photo is taken in Razlog , obviously if you want to know more for the tradition and history – visit the city!