The skirts are modeled on traditional Bulgarian dress. In the past, bent sticks were used to create pleats designed to warm the bodies of women who worked in the fields. “They’re based on an ...

A colourful carnival parade passed along the central boulevard of Kazanlak on Sunday, the final day of the 122nd Rose Festival. The largest street parade in Bulgaria is the much-anticipated high point ...

People danced the horo, a traditional line dance in which the ... “I heard there were Bulgarian women’s choirs in the area,” Mitchell says. “I was like, that’s impossible.