Bulgaria

With this colourful spring holiday the Bulgarians celebrate the rebirth of nature. Early in the morning the girls and women go to church and bring from there consecrated willow-tree twigs.

From April 13 to June 13, 2021 a magnificent exhibition named Between Two Eras, by Andrey Daniel can be seen in the in the Sofia City Art Gallery.

On this day is the first ceremonial trimming of the vines, rituals for fertility are performed. Before sunrise every housewife boils a hen, prepares ritual “Trifonovski” bread and other dishes.

It is 130 years since the birth of Nikola Tanev—both literally and figuratively one of the most colourful of Bulgarian artists.

Christo Javacheff-Christo (1935 - 2020)

MAY. NESTINARSTvO – an old custom of people dancing barefooted on live coals. The masterpiece, included in the list of the intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO since 2009.