A folklore club of Chitalishte "Drastar-2012" participated in the presentation of authentic folklore groups within the 2013 Festival of folklore costume in Zheravna village
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| Diploma for participationof " Drastar -2012 " Silistra |
As of organizer's information the 2013 more than 15,000
participants and guests stayed during the three days of the Festival in
the "Dobromeritsa" area near Zheravna village. This year visitors - guests and participants were the most numerous of the creation of the Festival. The
opening ceremony on August 23 concert brought Ensemble "Strandja"
from Burgas. The festival in 2013 was attended by the appearance of two foreign folklore groups - Ensemble at the Art Institute in the town of Surakarta, Indonesia
and the Ensemble "Tanas Maria" from Craiova city, Romania.
During
the second day of the Festival of folklore groups from across the
country presented authentic costumes, customs, songs and dances. Performances of the groups were accepted enthusiastically and with much charge the audience. Even the performance of Chitalishte "Drastar-2012" was hearty and soul as well as dancing in
Dobrogea.
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| Participants from Chitalishte "Drastar -2012" Silistra in front of the Festival Zheravna 2013 |
The Zheravna Festival if a feast of traditional folklore culture of the Bulgarians from over a century ago. Permanent national festivities, wrestling, fire-dancing, people dancing around the evening fire, tasting homemade berries jam, baked potatoes and bread, roasted lamb meat, making "heroic" kebab (fried pork meat with vegetables), tiganitsi (fried cakes), all in a unique atmosphere of spirituality and respect for Bulgarian tradition. In "ancient bazaar" could be seen masterfully crafted antique jewelry, paintings from painted wool, embroidered shirts and pinafores, pottery, wooden cutlery, bagpipes, hand made candles, homemade soap, old rifles and pistols etc. Anyone could make various handmade pottery.
The majority of the festival experience can not be described in words - it must be experienced. Touching that past time has a special treat for the senses of the modern "sophisticated" people. Simple things like wearing costumes, tasting freshly baked bread, or knocking on the dance or the sound of burning logs, sitting on the the lawn under the shade of pine trees-it's been something that in those three days not allowed none of the Festival' guests to had a bad mood. Even last barefoot on hot coals was easily feasible for the majority of our group. We were proud to be Zheravna - 2013 Festival participants.
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