Bulgarian customs

rdf:langString Bulgarian customs

rdf:langString The main Bulgarian celebration events are : * Martenitsa, all of March, beginning with the 1st of march * Nestinari * Kukeri * Koleda (Christmas), Koledari * Velikden (Easter) * Name Days * International Mother's Day, March 8 * Independence Day, March 3 * Sveti, Sveti Kiril i Metodii, May 24 Other Bulgarian customs, specific for Bulgaria, worship God, the saints, the nature, the health, and chase away bad spirits : * - 30 November * - 17 January * - 8 November * * Budnik * * * * * * - 28,29,30 July * - 26 October * - 24 June * * Trifon Zarezan - 1 February / 14 February * Horse riding - 1st Saturday of Lent * - 14 September * Lazarice (Lazarus Saturday) - 8 days before Easter in the name of Lazarus * - ab 1 August for 12 days, to remember the Maccabees * Mratinci - Chasing of bad spirits, 14 November * Nestinarstvo - Fire dance * Nikulden - 6 December * - 2 March - circle dances around a Campfire * Dodola * - 20 January - Praying for a better harvest * - Dance procession like Exorcism, one week after Pentecost * Sirni zagovezni - On Sunday, seven weeks before Easter. Jumping over the campfire and juggling with fire * Surva (Beginning of the new year), Kukeri (At the beginning of the new year and on Sirni zagovezni) and Koledari (on Christmas), * - The period between Sirni zagovezni and Todorovden * - The first Monday of the period * Throwing willow branches into water spring on Pentecost * Throwing wood crosses into water spring on , the 6th of January to remember the Baptism of Jesus