Rila Monastery - one of the symbols of Bulgaria
There are some Bulgarian symbols that the stranger will hardly understand. He may be impressed but he won’t see the true value of it if he doesn’t know the culture and history of Bulgaria. One of these symbols is Rila Monastery.
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Masters of Fire
Myths and legends, ancient beliefs, natural park, 1500-years old Strandja beeches and oaks, an large number of snakes, witchcraft, amazing predictions by the famous granny Vanga about an Egyptian sarcophagus containing a written history of the world, etc.
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Vampires in the Traditional Bulgarian Folklore
The westerners have the idea of vampires as horrific creatures, which should be handled by someone like Van Helsing or Blade. However, this is the foreign concept of vampires, which are a purely Slavic phenomenon. According to the traditional beliefs it is a creature, widely spread throughout all Bulgarian lands...
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Bulgarian green gold
The nature is very complicated system. Every negative change in some of its components reflects at the whole system. Imagine that you arrange a Domino’s pieces erected. Then you push the first one. It pushes the second one, then the third one…
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The national flag of Bulgaria
Now we are going to tell you some legends and some facts about our national flag. Why it is colored this way and how it change through the time. Every flag represents a number of symbols connected with the history of the country.