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Liberation, such as Ivan Markvichka, Anton Mitov, Ivan Angelov, Yaroslav Veshin in the exquisite landscapes and elegant portraits typical of the beginning of the 20th century by Nikola Petrov, Nikola Marinov, Stefan Ivanov, Elena Karamihailova together with the expressive decoration of the 1920s (Ivan Milev, Ivan Penkov, Pencho Georgiev ... ) to the extremely wealthy creative talents and various plastic quests in the 1930s and 1940s by Vladimir Dimitrov - The Master, Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Dechko Uzunov, Nenko Balkanski, Sirak Skitnik, Vera Nedkova, Ivan Nenov, Bencho Obreshkov, with many different artists from different parts of the country.
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Sahatchiya", published in 1863 but compiled as early as 1857. The first theatrical performances on the Bulgarian stage are also not Soldiers. These are the comedy "Mihal", translated by Greek and adapted for the Bulgarian audience by Sava Dobroplodni, who organized her performance in Shumen, and the dramas "Multitudes Genoveva" and "Belisarius", placed by Krastyu Pishurka in Lom. All three titles were first played in 1856.
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Telegraph Agency. Human Rights: In the early 2000s, Bulgaria generally has been rated highly on the issue of human rights. However, some exceptions exist. Although the media have a record of unbiased reporting, Bulgaria's lack of specific legislation protecting the media from state interference is a theoretical weakness.
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and especially after the fall of communist regime and are usually a co-religion or co-belief to
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Eurostat "Eurobarometer" poll, in 2005, 40% of Bulgarian citizens responded that "they believe there is a God", whereas 40% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force", 13% that "they do not believe there is a God, spirit, nor life force", and
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Festival in Pernik, Bulgaria. One of the biggest masquerade festival on the
Balkans and Eastern Europe. Conducted in the last three days of January. Kukeri or Surva Festival (Mummer's games) in the town of Pernik, is the most spectacular "Kukeri" event in Bulgaria. At the end of January thousands of
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The arts are called "the means of education", and "socialist realism - the only method of artistic creativity". Changes in society, culture, the arts, the theater are ubiquitous. The imposition of socialist realism takes place through the repertoire, the new Bulgarian drama, as well as the staging
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Bulgarian vocal style has a unique throat quality, while the singers themselves are renowned for their range. Their voices are low and soprano and the children love singing as well as anything artistic. Diatonic scales predominate but in the Rhodope Mountains, for example, pentatonic scales occur,
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During the period 1900β1917, the Bulgarian theater entered a new stage of its development - a stage of real professionalisation of the acting art, the Europeanization of the appearance of the spectacle and the permanent establishment of the National Theater as a nationally representative cultural
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The cartoon, the illustration and the layout of the book with the three great ones first appear as they are called Alexander Bozhinov, Ilia Beshkov, Raiko Aleksiev, Kiril Buyukliiski, Alexander Zhendov, Stoyan Venev, Sirak Skitnik. The Bulgarian sculpture is also developing: Boris Shaz and Zheko
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After 1878 until the middle of the 20th century, there was an extremely intensive process of incorporating the Bulgarian art into the contemporary European artistic culture. The development of Bulgarian art follows the path of the ethnographic and descriptive genre scenes, painted by the artists
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A more important theatrical fact during the Renaissance was the creation of the Svishtov People's Theater. The Bulgarian performances in the town began in the 1870s, when the two enthusiastic theaters - Dimitar Shishmanov and Nikolay Pavlovich - returned in their home country. The first is a
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while in Thrace chromatic scales with augmented intervals (similar to the music of Classical Greece). Also, the intonation varies, and is quite different from the modern Western equal temperament. Depending on whether the melody moves up or down, an interval can augment or decrease by a
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Although traditional music and dance are not popular among Bulgarian city youth, they are often performed at weddings, and generally in countryside festivals. They are also performed in Bulgaria and abroad by amateur and professional performing artists and choirs.
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branch with a bud, symbolizing health or longevity). More recently, people have started writing happy wishes on small pieces of paper and wrapping them in tin foil. Messages may include wishes for happiness, health, long life or success throughout the new year.
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in the apse, specific images and scenes also appear. During the period of Ottoman rule (1396-1878) the authorities suppressed Bulgarian art. Many churches suffered destruction, and newly built ones remained somewhat modest. In the end of the 18th century the
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Vazov tells of theater in the 1870s. Until then, dozens of theatrical and pre-theatrical performances have been performed. The first of them began to be organized in the 1940s and 1950s. Even then there are traces of scenographic attempts in our country.
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director, the second is a local theater painter. The Svishtov performances are played on a specially built stage, whose artistic layout is entrusted to N. Pavlovich. And he probably managed to overcome the level of the then Bulgarian theater.
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Spiridonov, Andrey Nikolov and Ivan Lazarov, Lyubomir Dalchev, Vaska Emanouilova, Marko Markov, Ivan Funev give it its foundation. But the development of Bulgarian art continues to develop vigorously and independently in our time also.
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of the 18th and 19th centuries to occur. Bulgaria experienced a revival in every area of culture. Following the Liberation in 1878, fine arts rapidly recovered and came under the influence of European artistic currents such as late
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and ancient rites and rituals, while the Bulgars have left traces of their heritage in statehood, early architecture, music and dances. Thracian rituals such as the Tryphon Zarezan which is dedicated to Saint Tryphon of Campsada,
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go worldwide; and until 1990 the country exported the world's second-largest total of bottled wine. The rich soil, perfect climate and the millennia-old tradition of wine-making, which dates back to the time of the
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with around 30,000 seats altogether. The first theatrical events in Bulgaria are related to community centers which were the center of the spiritual and social life of the country in the middle of the 19th century.
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accepted the town of Pernik as its full member. In 2009 Pernik was proclaimed as the European capital of Surva's and Mummer's. The news that the Kukeri tradition and the Surva Festival in Pernik will be included in
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region. This ancient custom involves dancing into fire or over live embers. Women dance into the fire with their bare feet without suffering any injury or pain. In 2009, the ritual was entered in the
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into Bulgarian territory in 1857. Missionary work continued throughout the second half of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. In 2001 Bulgaria had some 42,000
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in Tarnovo. Along with traditional scenes such as "Christ's passions" and "Feast cycle" in the second layer; "Christ Pantokrator" in the dome and the Madonna with the infant
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and the Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion but designates Orthodoxy as a "traditional" religion. In the 2001 census, 82.6% Bulgarians declared themselves
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Famous for its rich salads required at every meal, Bulgarian cuisine also features diverse quality dairy products and a variety of wines and local alcoholic drinks such as
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Bulgarian traditional clothing is diverse, and every ethnographic area in Bulgaria has its distinct styles. Bulgarians call their traditional clothing 'Π½ΠΎΡΠΈΡ' (nosiya).
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The first theatrical production was presented in Shumen in 1856. This is the comedy Mihal Mouseoed by Sava Dobroplodni, who at that time was a teacher in Shumen.
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The relatively warm climate and diverse geography afford excellent growing conditions for a variety of vegetables, herbs and fruits, Bulgarian cuisine (
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offers fine examples of excellently preserved ancient Thracian art. Tomb art provides one of the most important sources of information about Thracian
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2036:"Cultural practices associated to the 1st of March"
1135:Three monuments of medieval Bulgarian culture (the
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2754:Democracy and Political Culture in Eastern Europe
2453:"BulgariaInside: ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ°Π» Π·Π° ΡΡΡΠΈΠ·ΡΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡ"
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1976:New perspectives on the Varna cemetery (Bulgaria)
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878:Regional folk musical styles abound in Bulgaria.
361:A number of ancient civilizations, including the
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2078:"Bulgaria's Treasure Hunters and the Lost Rome"
2018:National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
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2438:Π‘ΡΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎ ΠΈΠ·ΠΊΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎ - Art and Culture Today
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1106:UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria
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2779:Journal of the History of Collections.
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2293:ΠΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ½Π° ΠΠ°Π²Π»ΠΎΠ²Π° (29 December 2013).
2226:"Π’Π΅Π°ΡΡΠΈ Π² ΡΡΠ»Π° ΠΡΠ»Π³Π°ΡΠΈΡ - ΠΠΏΠΎΠ·Π½Π°ΠΉ.bg"
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1197:National Opera and Ballet of Bulgaria
1118:The early medieval large rock relief
1074:Another characteristic custom called
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353:, 1888 Renaissance-style painting by
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2050:"Surova folk feast in Pernik region"
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1785:. Founded in 870 AD under the
1697:Non-printed media sources, such as
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982:Usual type of Bulgarian martenitsa.
502:. A number of noted opera-singers (
479:. Bulgaria also gave the world the
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2751:Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (2006).
2672:. Shechen-bg.org. Archived from
2523:List of wine-producing countries
1114:of the Bulgarian Tourist Union:
1049:The ancient Bulgarian ritual of
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2346:ΠΠΌΠΈΠ» ΠΠ΅ΠΎΡΠ³ΠΈΠ΅Π² (17 May 2016).
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1672:Bulgarian National Television
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22:Bulgarian traditional dance.
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2539:"Country Profile: Bulgaria"
2362:"ΠΠ»Π°Π΄ΠΈ Π±ΡΠ»Π³Π°ΡΡΠΊΠΈ Ρ
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1957:Public holidays in Bulgaria
1925:
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1124:Two Thracian tombs (one in
1100:UNESCO World Heritage Sites
968:Mystery of Bulgarian voices
589:for his singing abilities.
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1345:Alexander Nevski cathedral
1286:Sebastocratoress Desislava
1112:100 national tourist sites
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1942:Tarnovo Literary School
1910:Bulgarian national garb
1361:Palaeologan Renaissance
1353:Second Bulgarian Empire
1349:Tarnovo Artistic School
1313:Preslav Literary School
1152:Sreburna Nature Reserve
610:Eastern Orthodox Church
3563:Science and technology
3288:First Bulgarian Empire
2883:Bosnia and Herzegovina
2781:V. 25 (July): 217β226.
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1742:Religion in Bulgaria
1156:The ancient city of
851:(long-necked lute),
487:and sixth most-used
355:Konstantin Velichkov
295:World Heritage Sites
3770:Culture of Bulgaria
3535:Economic statistics
3318:Bulgaria since 1990
3126:States with limited
2720:European Commission
2259:, Π‘., 1974, Ρ. 343.
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1803:Bulgarian Exarchate
1763:Orthodox Christians
1537:, the first day of
1343:. The crypt of the
1315:in the 10th century
1259:Iossif Surchadzhiev
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665:asymmetric measures
351:A man from Florence
124:Arts and literature
3283:Old Great Bulgaria
2834:Culture of Europe
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2420:Contemporary Space
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2194:www.dramavarna.com
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1437:Bulgarian cuisine
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1239:Stoyanka Mutafova
1169:"- International
1028:Grandmother March
974:Customs and rites
918:rites on May 21.
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552:Music of Bulgaria
540:Vladimir Dimitrov
512:Raina Kabaivanska
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