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Sunday, 14 March 2010



Photo Exhibit of Sziget Festival Opens in Bulgaria’s Capital



BalkanTravellers.com   

26 November 2009 | An exhibition of photographs of the Sziget music festival by Maria Abadjieva and Violeta Babaleva, some of which were published on BalkanTravellers.com, will open in the Hungarian Cultural Institute on December 1.

The photographs document the 2008 edition of Sziget, one of Europe’s biggest and most exciting music and cultural events, which takes place every year on the Óbudai-sziget ("Old-Buda Island") in Budapest.

Nowadays, spread over more than 20 stages, the festival boasts over 1,000 performances, including the world’s biggest names in world rock and pop music, and an audience of half a million people.

Some of the images of the exhibition, which will be on display until December 31, can be seen in the photo-story about the festival on BalkanTravellers.com [in Bulgarian].

 

Epicure


Bulgaria
Pumpkin head!

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The Red and White Strings that Welcome Spring in Bulgaria and Romania

I remember walking along Canal Street in New York’s Chinatown on March 2 a few years ago, when I saw a man sporting a small ornament made of red and white thread pinned to his coat lapel. He must be Bulgarian, I thought to myself with a sudden rush of homesickness, but now realize that he may have been Romanian as well.
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Bulgaria
The Choir that Turned England a Bit Bulgarian

One of the few constant sources of pride for Bulgarians is folk music, and especially singing. But not the kind that, decorated with Oriental beats, often booms in nightclubs, urging the clientele to jump atop tables and chairs and sway their hips around. But the kind that, when heard, mesmerises you and gives you goose bumps. The kind that is haunting with its out-of-this universe quality.
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