The latest news on music, dance and singing folklore of Balkan countries. Sofia folklore Festival 3rd International Folk Festival Sofia 2010 The Third International Folklore Festival Sofia will be carried out from 15th to 19th of July 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The festival organizer is the Capital's Municipal Council - Sofia, Bulgaria. Sofia, Bulgaria Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 2nd Children's Folklore Festival "Give, Grandma, light" For the second year we will hold our second child folklornen contest "Give Grandma, light", whose objectives are: • To preserve and promote children's games, ritual, singing, dance and oral folklore of Bulgaria. • To provide opportunity for expression and to identify gifted children. • To stimulate the interest of more young people to children's games in Bulgaria and catalyze their desire to preserve and pass on generations Meshtitsa village, Pernik Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 7th Competition for Young Folk Artists from Dobrudzha "Vassila Valcheva" 7th Competition for Young Folk Artists from Dobrudzha ‘Vassila Valcheva’ On May 15, 2010 the seventh competition for young Dobrudzha folk artists ‘Vasil Valcheva’ will be held. The competition is organised biennially in the village of Kalipetrovo, municipality of Silistra Bulgaria - the birthplace of the famous folk singer Vassila Valcheva. The competition is open to singers participating in three age groups: First group - 7 to 12 years, second group - 13 to 18 years and third group - 19 to 30 years Each participant should perform two songs form Dobrudzha folklore within 5 minutes. The deadline for applications - May 9, 2010 "Probuda – 1940" Cultural house, the village of Kalipetrovo Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Festival in Jordan TANEC Folk Club from Sofia returned from 14 day successful tour in Jordan. For details visit our website: www.tanec-sofia.com Jordan Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Grandmother Marta, traditional Bulgarian custom (Baba Marta) All over the world peolpe meet spring with joy and new hope but it is only in Bulgaria where it is saved as an ancient custom. If you are walking along the streets in Bulgaria on the 1st of March you will witness many smiling faces. But first of all your eyes will be captured by martenitsas. Everyone has decorated their clothes with them. Moreover, you can see decorated dogs and cats. In the small villages in the mountains people decorate their domestic animals: lambs, kids, young horses. Houses have their own martenitsa, as well. Bulgaria Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Home    contact us                       ©2010, Balkanfolk Ltd.