tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85597472282734792622024-02-19T09:45:16.644+02:00Small & LocalAn epic journey through the local cultures, practices, and traditions of BulgariaGeorgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-70419115368717596782020-08-19T02:02:00.002+03:002020-08-19T02:18:10.584+03:00The Dark Kingdom<div style="text-align: justify;">Once Jeremy, a young and friendly Frenchman, told me that while at school, he thought of Bulgaria as some mysterious and dark kingdom... Since foreigners usually study much more about the Eastern Roman Empire in their medieval history classes, for him Bulgaria was some obscure but tempting place - much more like a sense, not a real knowledge. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He told me this in late 2015 when he visited Bulgaria. We had some work together, as part of an international team, but we had several free days, so and I showed to him some magnificent locations - Perperikon, the ancient Thracian tomb in Alexandrovo, the Old town of Plovdiv, and my hometown Haskovo. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So I have to admit, this sharing caught me, and I thought that if one day I make a vlog about the old Bulgarian mysteries and great stories, I'd like to call it <i>The Dark Kingdom</i>. Sounds fascinating. 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Just 30 - 50 kilometers south from my hometown of Haskovo, you will find a totally different life. The municipality of Stambolovo, located in the northern parts of the Eastern Rhodopi mountains, is a sparsely populated rural area with many artifacts from the past. </div>
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For example, the adobe bricks, which remain as silent monuments of the ancient construction traditions. The technology of using adobe bricks is thousands of years old, and the archaeologists still discover well preserved ancient adobe buildings in Mesopotamia and Egypt. There are villages, where you can see the peasants use adobe buildings dating back several centuries. </div>
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The adobe bricks are made of earth mixed with water and an organic material such as straw or dung. The soil composition typically contains sand, silt and clay. Straw has an important function: it binds the brick, in order to dry evenly, thereby preventing cracking due to uneven shrinkage rates through the brick.</div>
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I am participant in <a href="https://logos.uni-plovdiv.net/en/web/logos.etn/bssrpl" target="_blank">The Balkan Summer School on Religion and Public Life</a>, which takes place in Plodviv and Zargzhden. </div>
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It is part of an international academic initiative to gather together people with diverse religious background and to nudge them to explore their differences and coexistence. </div>
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In Bulgaria BSSRPL is run by the Faculty of philosophy and history at Plovdiv university "Sv. Paisij Hilendarski." </div>
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During our visit in Zagrazhden we did a lot of fieldwork. In one house we found great wool rugs. Here are some photos, with my co-student from BSSRPL - the beautiful Japanese Anna Goto. </div>
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<br />Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-4642919457861617472016-02-07T12:00:00.003+02:002020-08-18T23:37:12.127+03:00The aprons collection of Toma Belev Several years ago <a href="http://rolevimodeli.blogspot.bg/2012/11/toma-belev.html" target="_blank">I interviewed</a> the Bulgarian environmentalist Toma Belev for one of my projects. During our conversation, and we found out that we are both interested by our people's traditions. But what a surprise: Toma said, that he has a collection of wonderful women's aprons from all around the country.<br />
<i>Come on, man, is it true,</i> I said (unbelieving).<br />
<i>Yes, this is true</i>, he replied.<br />
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So, this is true! Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the sensational aprons collection of Toma Bevev!<br />
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<i><b>On the left:</b> Apron from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskovo">Haskovo</a> region, with a stylized two-headed eagle. Southern Bulgaria was under strong Byzantine and Greek influence, and as we know, this eagle was the sign of the Eastern Roman Empire. </i><br />
<i><b>On the right:</b> A holiday apron with floral motifs, also from Haskovo region. </i><br />
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<i><b>On the left:</b> Apron f<span style="text-align: center;">rom </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmanli" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Harmanli </a><span style="text-align: center;">region, </span><span style="text-align: center;">Southern Bulgaria. </span></i></div>
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<i><b>On the right:</b> apron from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chech" target="_blank">Chech</a> region, Southwest Rhodope mountains, Southern Bulgaria. </i></div>
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<i><b>On the right:</b> apron from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotse_Delchev,_Blagoevgrad_Province" target="_blank">Gotze Delchev</a> region, Southwest Bulgaria. </i></div>
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<i><b>On the right:</b> apron from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laki,_Plovdiv_Province" target="_blank">Laki</a> region, Middle Rhodope mountains, Southern Bulgaria. </i></div>
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<i><b>On the right:</b> apron from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliven" target="_blank">Sliven</a> region, Southeast Bulgaria. </i></div>
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<i><b style="text-align: justify;">On the left:</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">apron from</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiprovtsi" target="_blank">Chiprovtsi</a> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">region, Northwestern Bulgaria</span><span style="text-align: justify;">. </span></i></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaHmsgGDqh2py37OOSfgYA9j0cfQhouX_QYRg8aPyeGp4Z4TI7ZnugDk7sFoKUTBhZEM7cW5-YpgjPQVp4GIC-3usSeyPmtO8kHTMJc-nEFtM8iC9Ub-VGHjp1tSuUtni2VSb9B-xdaA9/s1600/ArkOfTaste750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaHmsgGDqh2py37OOSfgYA9j0cfQhouX_QYRg8aPyeGp4Z4TI7ZnugDk7sFoKUTBhZEM7cW5-YpgjPQVp4GIC-3usSeyPmtO8kHTMJc-nEFtM8iC9Ub-VGHjp1tSuUtni2VSb9B-xdaA9/s200/ArkOfTaste750.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/" target="_blank">Ark of Taste</a> is a project of the world-famous movement <a href="http://www.slowfood.com/" target="_blank">Slow Food</a>. The catalog is a list of the unique, but threatened with extinction local foods, culinary practices, animal breeds and sorts of plants. Foods included in the list must be culturally or historically associated with a specific region, localion, socio-cultural community or traditional technology of production. Committee, chosen by Slow Food, selects the applications for the catalog. Ark of Taste is a direct analogy with Noah's ark. In the era of globalization, Ark of Taste aims to preserve the heritage of traditional local cultures in the world, which currently give way to Fast Food - fashion, mass production and patterns from advertisements and films. </div>
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You are now able to visit the <a href="http://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/nazioni-arca/bulgaria-en/" target="_blank"><b>map of Bulgaria</b></a> and to discover how abundant of meals our country is. All Bulgarian regions have unique animals, plants and know-how in preparation of food. </div>
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Among the recipes in Ark of Taste there are two meals, already presented in this blog: <a href="http://small-local.blogspot.bg/2013/10/how-to-make-omach.html" target="_blank">How to make omach</a> and <a href="http://small-local.blogspot.bg/2014/10/homemade-cheese-from-chernichevo.html" target="_blank">Cheese from Chernichevo</a>. </div>
Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-83359972233974355032015-06-16T00:40:00.000+03:002016-01-09T23:36:59.922+02:00The fair in StomanevoThanks to Mr. <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/101777262840154651757" target="_blank">+Boyan Dobrev</a> we can enjoy a lovely <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Dobrev.Boyan/media_set?set=a.895257887183226.1073741839.100000970706119&type=3" target="_blank"><i>collection</i></a> of photos from the traditional fair in the village of Stomonevo, in Bulgaria's Western Rhodope mountains.<br />
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Stomanevo is located in the municipality of Devin, and each year its traditional folk fair attract thousands of visitors. The population is dominantly Turkish, with Bulgarian minority (from so called Pomak ethnographic group).<br />
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You can see the beautiful clothing of the natives. It is very interesting that the local people preserved the ancient tradition of fire-dancing - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestinarstvo" target="_blank">Nestinarstvo</a>.<br />
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<br />Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-4600503706549559122015-06-06T19:57:00.002+03:002015-06-15T23:59:39.366+03:00Tacuinum Sanitatis: A Medieval manual for a healthy way of life<div style="text-align: justify;">
In the Middle ages among the Europeans were popular so called <i>Tacuinum Sanitatis</i>: medieval handbooks on health and wellbeing, containing verified recommendations about the healthy lifestyle. </div>
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<i>Tacuinum Sanitatis</i> philosophy was based on the belief that health depends on six elements: </div>
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<li>Moderate use of food and drinks, </li>
<li>Fresh air, </li>
<li>Alternations of activity and rest, </li>
<li>Alternations of sleep and wakefulness,</li>
<li>Correct use of elimination and retention of humors, </li>
<li>Regulation of the states of mind (moderating joy, anger, fear, and distress).</li>
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<i>Tacuinum Sanitatis</i> insisted that these elements are essential for well-being, so illnesses result from the imbalance of these elements. </div>
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Here I present beautiful miniatures from various <i>Tacuinum Sanitatis</i>, made in 14th - 15th century. They originate from Italy and France, and have many in common with the traditional Bulgarian medieval life. For instance, production of honey and the use of garlic in everyday's meals was very typical Bulgarian practice. Well, we are all south-Europeans. There are many common traditions, adopted through the influence of the Roman empire, and many common fruits and vegetables, thanks to to similar climate conditions (the weather in Southern Bulgaria is like the weather in Northern Italy). </div>
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Garlic was an important ingredient in the diet of South-Europeans, including the peoples on the Balkans.</div>
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Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-81855113097076318082015-02-03T21:26:00.000+02:002015-02-04T13:19:03.456+02:00Very interesting finding from the island of Kos<span style="text-align: justify;">Today, while reading the </span><a href="http://www.fepto.com/wp-content/uploads/FN-14.2.pdf" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">latest edition</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> of FEPTO NEWS (The </span><a href="http://www.fepto.com/" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Federation of European Psychodrama Training Organizations</a>' newsletter<span style="text-align: justify;">), on page 28 I found that the forthcoming 5th International Sociodrama conference 2015 will be held on the Greek island of Kos, in the eastern Aegean sea. </span><br />
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But what really stroke me was two pictures of traditional folk dances from the island of Kos. </div>
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<b>1.</b> The women's dressing is very similar to the Bulgarian women's garb. Especially the aprons are very similar to the aprons in some Bulgarian regions. The female jewelries are typical for the Balkans region too, as well the male's clothes which probably were influenced from the Ottomans. </div>
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<i>14th century: medieval Bulgarian horo dancers - a fresco from the Tower of Hrelyo in Rila monastery, 1334-35.</i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">21st century: Bulgarian amateur horo dancers from the town of </span><span style="text-align: center;">Harmanli </span><span style="text-align: center;">during their repetition, 2013.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></span></i><br />
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I decided to check out if really the local people of Kos dance in this way. In here is what I found:<br />
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That's right! The people in the southeastern Aegean <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kos" target="_blank">island of Kos</a>, which stays just 2 miles from Bodrum and the Turkish coast, and about 350 miles from the Bulgarian lands, hold their hands one over another just like the people in Bulgaria. The melody and the steps of the dances are different, but the clothes of the women and the dancers' strain relief is the same! </div>
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Cheese and yellow cheese here are manufactured in the same way as locals did it centuries ago. They say that a boiled milk must be "crossed" with a cold <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayran" target="_blank">ayryan</a> (to make cheese) or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttermilk" target="_blank">buttermilk</a> (to make yellow cheese). This specific know-how must be maintained as part of the locals' traditional way of life and material culture, and to become the basis for future rural, cultural and culinary tourism in the area. Culinary travelers, tourists, restaurateurs, and authors of specialized TV shows, looking for the world's most delicious cheeses, will be amazed to try this one!<br />
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This cheese is produced from 4 liters home-produced cow milk and a liter ayryan. Cheese can be produced from sheep's milk too.<br />
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When making the Chernichevo cheese, coagulation occurs almost instantly when airan is added, and then the fresh cheese curd is strained and washed. The curd is kneaded, salted, formed into small cakes and pressed under a stone. The finished cheese is kept refrigerated and dry until consumption. From about four liters of milk, about 200-300 grams of cheese can be produced. Production quantities, however, depends on the diet of the dairy animals. When pastures are richer, a larger quantity of higher quality cheese may be produced.<br />
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I can say without any hesitation that the cheese from Chernichevo is the most delicious cheese I've ever tasted! And believe me - I have tested dozens of different cheeses from various parts of Europe - from the green Alps and from the sunny Tuscan, from the fields of Wallachia and from the Cote d'Azur!<br />
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So don't delay - come and taste the most delicious homemade cheese in Europe!<br />
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Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com46954 Chernichevo, Bulgaria41.3487481 25.77562650000004441.3249081 25.735286000000045 41.3725881 25.815967000000043tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-68196672844098103082014-05-10T23:21:00.000+03:002019-08-06T23:47:21.434+03:00The Healing spring in Chernichevo - the mystical power of faith<div style="text-align: justify;">
In the village of Chernichevo - far, far away, in the southernmost of Bulgaria - there is a spring with a <i>mystical power</i>.</div>
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It is believed that when one has a deep faith, the water from the spring can cure its disease.</div>
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The legend is a very old one, but there are some specific anecdotes which proves its truth. For instance, the story of the little boy Stanko, who was three or four years old, but could not walk properly. Nowadays the doctors might say it is a medical condition, a diagnosis with a specific name, but in 1910 the local people did not know that.</div>
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When something does not go well, and there are no logical paths to solve it, <i>faith </i>was the only reliable thing.</div>
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So Stanko's mother, Zlatka, brought him to the spring and washed him with the crystal clean and cold water. When she brought him back home, she left him alone in the room and went to do same work. When she entered the house few hours later, for her astonishment, Stanko walked around. Well, Stanko could not walk well at the beginning, but soon he learnt how to.</div>
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And if you wonder is it true, let me tell you something - I am Stanko's grandson. I know this story from my cousins, and from my grandmother. And other people in the village remember this story. That is why the locals call this place the <i>Healing spring</i> (in the local Bulgarian dialect: <i>Ликууто врисче</i>).</div>
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Look at Mrs. Dobra Anadolieva from Chernichevo - she tells this story on the video:</div>
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And <i>the Healing spring still has a sacred meaning</i> for the people in Chernichevo. Every year on the 6th of May (for Christians it is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Day" target="_blank">St.George's day</a> and for Muslims it is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%B1d%C4%B1rellez" target="_blank">Hıdırellez</a>) the inhabitants of Chernichevo visit the spring, drink his water, light candles, tie threads from their clothes on the trees around the spring, and wish something. </div>
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This is the local female folk singing group, performing a song at the spring:<br />
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Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com06954 Chernichevo, Bulgaria41.3487481 25.77562650000004441.3249081 25.735286000000045 41.3725881 25.815967000000043tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-52430217584356956362014-04-19T23:05:00.000+03:002014-04-19T23:57:22.018+03:00The Car Boot Sale in Hotnitsa<div style="text-align: justify;">
The village of <a href="http://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" target="_blank">Hotnitsa</a> is located in one of the most beautiful mountain areas in Bulgaria, close to the medieval Bulgarian capital <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliko_Tarnovo" target="_blank">Veliko Tarnovo</a>. A small curiosity is that recently Hotnitsa is one of the centers of the <a href="http://www.hotnitsa.com/" target="_blank">British expatriates</a> in the country.</div>
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Since 2013 a new tradition grows here: the Car Boot Sale, which takes place every second Sunday of the month, from the spring to the late autumn. The idea came from the British settlers in the village, but the local Bulgarians warmly embraced the idea. All are welcome to buy or sell. The event even has a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hotnitsa-Car-Boot-Sale/226951840763300" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> with regular updates.</div>
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Would you like to know more about the beauty of Hotnitsa area?<br />
Watch this video with the Hotnitsa waterfall.<br />
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Martin and his Bulgarian wife Aneta have bought a farmhouse in Stambolovo (a rural region in South Bulgaria, famous for its red wine production).</div>
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Martin loves his new life in Bulgaria. He supports <i>Slow Food</i> and <i>Buy Local </i>movements and he found the Bulgarian countryside is the best place to realize his ideas. Here is his last weekend shopping from the local producers: fresh killed beef (6kg), 50 fresh eggs, fresh salad and a spectacular Merlot. <b><span style="color: #990000;">Life's good here</span></b>, says the satisfied Martin. </div>
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Martin's groceries: some very typical Bulgarian village food. </div>
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It's built in the 1940's, and the Smiths renovated it. </div>
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And more photos from Martin's good life in Stambolovo:<br />
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Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-4458419736673421542014-02-09T00:24:00.000+02:002014-02-09T00:45:46.193+02:00The Roman theatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The ancient Roman theatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, is among the best preserved antique theatres in the world. It was built during the reign of Emperor Trajan (98 -117 AD).
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The theatre is characterized by its excellent acoustic, beautiful architecture, and wonderful sculpture works. It was discovered by accident in the early 1970s due to a landslide. </div>
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Sometimes it is mistakenly called "amphitheater", but indeed this is a real traditional Roman theater. In 1999 Ritchie Blackmore performed here with his project "Blackmore's Night".<br />
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Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com0Plovdiv, Bulgaria42.1354079 24.74529039999993141.947033899999994 24.422566899999932 42.3237819 25.068013899999929tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-10153840317329668782014-02-05T18:41:00.002+02:002014-02-05T19:03:24.657+02:00The Following Dance - an ancient dance from the Rhodope mountains<div style="text-align: justify;">
In the Rhodope mountains there is an unique ancient folk dance: the <b>Following Dance</b> (Bulgarian: Слядно хоро). This dance still exists in the small mountain village of Chernichevo. The great Bulgarian academician <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyubomir_Miletich" target="_blank">Lyubomir Miletich</a>, who wrote about Chernichevo, claimed that this was a specific <i>mournful</i> dance, performed only once a year. And this is the truth.<br />
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The Christian community of Chernichevo danced the mournful dance each <i>Good Friday</i>, when Christians grieve about Jesus' death, and according to the tradition, it wasn't appropriate to dance fast and lively dances. Also the songs, sung with the dance, were sorrowful.<br />
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On September 28th, 2013, with the folklore group of the village, we presented some of the traditions in a famous TV show on air. The effect was just... sensational!</div>
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The Following Dance is special in the way in which people dance. In difference with the ordinary dances, when people stay shoulder to shoulder (see examples <a href="http://small-local.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-male-dance-from-kalofer.html" target="_blank">1</a> and <a href="http://small-local.blogspot.com/2013/12/dance-then-and-now.html" target="_blank">2</a>), in this dance the dancers follow each other. Women and men dance separately, not together (the dance in the TV show was an exception, just to illustrate the know-how). Women follow one another by putting hands around the waists, and the men by putting hands on their shoulders.<br />
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We also know that during the Balkan wars gangs of Ottoman volunteers (aka <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashi-bazouk" target="_blank">bashi-bazouk</a></i>) killed about 90 people from Chernichevo. Prof.Miletich wrote that a year later the people in Chernichevo still were in grief for their victims, therefore they didn't dance their playful dances. Instead, they danced only the Following dance, which as we noted previously, was performed only once per year. And even today, the local peasant still speak with a deep sorrow about their relatives, who died in the massacres. This was a collective trauma that still resonates in the locals' souls.<br />
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Additional curious fact is that several decades ago the great Bulgarian composer and arranger of folk songs <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_Kutev" target="_blank">Filip Kutev</a> used the Following Dance for one of his spectacles! On its basis he created a male dance with the same steps. </div>
Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com06954 Chernichevo, Bulgaria41.3487481 25.77562650000004441.3249081 25.735286000000045 41.3725881 25.815967000000043tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-22440458724469304552014-01-26T12:15:00.002+02:002015-02-04T13:21:24.928+02:00The Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania<div style="text-align: justify;">
This blog is dedicated to Bulgarian communities and cultural traditions, but actually many Bulgarians live outside the contemporary state borders. For instance: in Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine and even Hungary. Therefore I decided to share some photos from others lands where there are Bulgarian settlements too.<br />
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In late 2004 I visited several times the Romanian capital Bucharest, and I had the chance to walk in the center of this interesting city and to see its landmarks. </div>
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One of them is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrie_Gusti_National_Village_Museum_in_Bucharest" target="_blank">Village Museum</a>. It was created in 1936 when the government moved many old traditional houses in a specially designed park. Today the museum consists 60 houses from all parts of Romania - Wallachia, Transylvania, Moldavia and so on, which present some excellent examples of the Balkan rural architecture. In order to create a more authentic atmosphere, the museum's managers moved even the centuries-old gravestones of one family. </div>
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So enjoy! <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Muzeul Național al Satului „Dimitrie Gusti”</span> </div>
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Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com0Bucharest, Romania44.4325 26.10388890000001544.069698499999994 25.458441900000015 44.7953015 26.749335900000016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-41749342110118444202014-01-07T13:35:00.003+02:002014-01-07T18:51:59.905+02:00The male dance from Kalofer<div style="text-align: justify;">
Yesterday, January 6, Orthodox Bulgarians celebrated Epiphany - one of the most important Christian holidays. The ancient tradition is that the priest throws a cross in a river or spring. According to the belief, the first man who catches the cross, will be lucky and healthy during the year. Sometimes there is a very tough competition who'll reach the cross. </div>
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But there is one place in Bulgaria, where the people are not competitive. For centuries in the town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalofer" target="_blank">Kalofer </a>men perform a ritual that unites them and stresses their male brotherhood! This is the male dance! Each year they go in the cold river water and they dance a majestic dance - <i>horo</i>. </div>
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During the communism, when Christianity was oppressed and the religious rituals were restricted, the men in Kalofer had secret meetings in the early mornings, and they danced in the dimness. In the last years this local tradition spread among other Bulgarian towns. It corresponds with highly valued gender traits in the society. Nowadays many Bulgarians perceive it as a symbol of <i>patriotism </i>and a real <i>manhood</i>, so yesterday in at least ten different places men danced the male dance... But the roots of the tradition lie in Kalofer. Enjoy the video!</div>
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On 14th of December there was a pre-Christmas and New year meeting in the Community center of Chernichevo. One of the highlights in the event was the performance of the local amateur folk group. The small village from the Eastern Rhodopes is struggling to preserve its traditions and folklore. This year the group won a silver medal at the international Balkan Folklore Festival in Nedelino town. </div>
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The building of the Community center is just like everything else in the village: well built few decades ago, but badly maintained today. As you can see in the video, the conditions in the Community centers are miserable - a falling plaster, a damaged electrical installation, a leaking roof. In this poor mountain area where the closest town is 25 kilometers away, life is hard. Private and public properties bear the signs of decline because of the lack of funding, but the singers deserve admiration for their devotion and will! What do you think drives these Bulgarian women? </div>
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I think there are two reasons: <i>first</i>, they really want to keep and share their cultural heritage. Since their songs are part of their local culture and identity, by singing them, they build their sense of satisfaction from who and what they are, and strengths their sense of community. This is a very healthy approach. And <i>second</i>, their participation in the folklore group makes their life more diverse and interesting - they hold weekly meetings, or travel for some fests around the region, and they even have sung in a TV show. </div>
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Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com06954 Chernichevo, Bulgaria41.3487481 25.77562650000004441.3249081 25.735286000000045 41.3725881 25.815967000000043tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-60552319930338073522013-12-21T19:15:00.000+02:002013-12-21T19:32:29.707+02:00Seven centuries later: did the dance remain the same?<div style="text-align: justify;">
Two months ago <a href="http://small-local.blogspot.com/2013/10/medieval-bulgarian-frescoes.html" target="_blank">I wrote a post</a> about medieval Bulgarians' life, seen through the frescoes of churches and monasteries from the 13th and 14th centuries. The post become very popular and this is not my merit - it is because of these spectacular masterpieces which bring the millennial heritage of the Bulgarian people. </div>
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Today I will show you something really cool: (at least) seven centuries old tradition in folk dances. </div>
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This is the medieval original: dancers hold their hands over one another. This approach is still in use today! Look at the picture below. It was taken several hours ago in the south Bulgarian town of Harmanli - seven centuries later the tradition is still alive!<br />
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So, did the dance remain the same? I can't claim this with certainty but obviously the approach that dancers use to hold their hands, is the same.</div>
Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com06450 Harmanli, Bulgaria41.9304124 25.90258649999998441.8831549 25.821905499999986 41.9776699 25.983267499999982tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-4504431307981895662013-10-27T15:01:00.000+02:002013-11-25T23:23:12.491+02:00Plowing time in Chernichevo<div class="tG QF">
It is a warm, multicolored and homelike autumn, and the people in the mountain village of Chernichevo start to plow.<br />
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In this sunny late October morning Mr. Ibryam Tokov plows with a horse and a plow, as people in the village have being doing for centuries. He prepares the land for the next year main culture - tobacco. Mr. Tokov makes beds, and next year he will plant there the tobacco seedlings. It usually happens in the end of February - beginning of March. The name of the horse is Gosho.<br />
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Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com06954 Chernichevo, Bulgaria41.3487481 25.77562650000004441.3249081 25.735286000000045 41.3725881 25.815967000000043tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-90009917378421118272013-10-23T01:16:00.001+03:002013-10-23T02:54:42.404+03:00A market day in 19th century Plovdiv<br />
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Plovdiv is one of the most beautiful Bulgarian cities. It is the biggest city of Thrace - a very ancient place, which proudly brings the heritage of several historical and cultural epochs, and preserves them up today. It was the Thracian <i>Eumolpius</i>, the Greek/Byzantine <i>Philippopolis</i>, the Roman <i>Trimontium</i>, the Slavic <i>Puldun</i>, the Turkish <i>Filibe</i>, and now Plovdiv...</div>
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The Czech-Bulgarian artist Ivan Mrkvicka left to us a nice painting of the old market in the late 19th century Plovdiv. His 1883 work "Plovdiv market" reveals a lot about the life of the population in and around the city.<br />
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Thanks to Mrkvicka we have an intriguing source of information about the social, demographic and cultural trends in the Bulgarian urban society in the end of the 19th century. Let's take a look at it!<br />
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Most of the people at the market follow the traditional Bulgarian peasant fashion. In the left side of the picture are depicted Bulgarian women selling birds and eggs. We recognize that they are Bulgarians by their clothing. They wear red or white cloths on their heads. Also they wear aprons, as in the foreground in the picture there is a lady with red apron and red cloth on her head. The clothes were not the only thing that brought the rural spirit. The whole economy was based on agriculture. Well, from today's point of view it is good that the people followed the principle "Buy local."</div>
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The man with a horse wears <i>poturi</i> (pants), <i>poyas</i> (wide red textile belt), <i>elek</i> (vest), and <i>kalpak</i> (hat). The broad leather <i>disagi</i> (saddlebags) on the horse serve to transport the purchases.</div>
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An adult Turk with a long beard, dark suit and red <i>fez</i> is squatting and probably asking about the price of the bird that he has chosen. Two Turkish boys with turbans carry birds, and one of them is showing something to the Bulgarian orthodox priest (the man in right with black cassock, kamelavkion and beard). This detail clearly represents the tolerance between the ethnic and religious communities in Plovdiv. The Turkish women are missing in the painting, which is quite interesting, because even the lack of something can be a subject of discussion. In this time among the Turkish community there was a custom that men and women can not be mixed in the public spaces. </div>
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The young elegant lady with European clothes and hat in the right side of the painting represents the <i>wind of change</i> in the Bulgarian town. Just behind the man with a horse, we see the head of another lady with European-style hat. These two ladies are the only persons to belong to the more educated and prosperous class of the new Plovdiv's <i>bourgeoisie</i>. </div>
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There are two <i>minarets</i> in the distance - they mark the presence of mosques built by the Ottomans. It was practical to build the religious temples in the centers near by the administrative and social buildings, like palaces, markets and public baths. The round building with a domed roof probably was a <i>han</i> (inn), where travelers and traders from far could rest. Behind the women, selling birds, there is a <i>dyukyan</i> (shop). </div>
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The paved square shows that the market was in the center - the most affluent and wealthy part of the city. As for the public welfare, there were no street lighting, water supply and sanitation. </div>
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The heights at the rear of the picture depict some of the famous 7 hills around which the city spreads. That is why Plovdiv was called <i>The City of the Seven Hills</i>. Cool, isn't it?</div>
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This was a short look at the life and the social structure of the people in Plovdiv in the 1880s. It's not enough to draw general conclusions, of course, but it's a good start for us to learn from the artifacts around us. </div>
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We don't know much about the life of the medieval Bulgarians, about their daily fashion, food, rituals, customs, folk songs and beliefs. Unfortunately, most of the written heritage was destroyed through the centuries, and the oral traditions gives us only fragmental and not systematized knowledge. </div>
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But still there are ways to reconstruct parts of the lost heritage of the Bulgarian people in the Middle ages. I selected for you a short collection of frescoes that present some interesting features of the medieval life in our lands. The frescoes are taken from three different places in Western Bulgaria, and they are all drawn in 13th-14th centuries. </div>
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Lets start with the wonderful 14th century paintings from the chapel in The Tower of Hrelyo in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rila_Monastery" target="_blank">Rila monastery</a>. The stone tower is 23 meter high. It was built by the powerful local feudal Hrelyo in 1334-35 to protect the monks. The last, fifth floor is a chapel with unique frescoes. The paintings present commoners' festivities: <i>horo </i>dancers, musicians, and a group of elders... </div>
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The first fresco presents some of the instruments, used by the commoners for their holidays. A horn, an 8-string instrument similar to tambura, and another instrument (in the middle) which I can't recognize. Two of the musicians sit on small decorated stools. The weird thing is that the seats of the chairs are not horizontal, but inclined. </div>
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There is something very interesting in this folk dance. The way people hold their hands over one another is unique and still in use today. And just like nowadays, the leader of the dance waves a piece of cloth.</div>
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The frescoes from the Tower of Hrelyo show the clothing, the music instruments, and the dances of the common people in the middle of the 14th century, in the eve of the Ottoman conquest. The strange shoes are called <i>navoi </i>and were rolled around the feet like foot wrappings. The medieval Bulgarians wore trousers, that followed the shape of the feet. The main garment was the tunic, cinched perhaps with a belt or rope. Usually the tunics were decorated at their edges. </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Lets continue with the murals in the church of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemen_Monastery" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Zemen monastery</a><span style="text-align: start;">. It has spectacular images from mid-14th century, representing Biblical scenes. But there is one particular painting that depicts the moment of forging the nails for the crucifixion of Christ. </span></div>
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This fresco from Zemen monastery's church represents a real medieval smithy. The characters in the scene with the sharing of the garments of Christ (below), are dressed in medieval style, too:</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">And finally, there are two great </span>13th century <span style="text-align: justify;">paintings from the glorious </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyana_Church" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Boyana church</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> near Sofia. The church was painted on the order of sebastocrator Kaloyan and his wife Desislava (below left) in 1259. One fresco depicts the donors, and another fresco depicts tzar Konstantin Tikh and tzaritza Irina (below right). Here they are - the spectacular clothes of the Bulgarian aristocrats from the Second Bulgarian Kingdom.</span></div>
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<br />Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-32180580575920940042013-10-12T21:51:00.000+03:002013-10-16T13:17:06.205+03:00The Cabbage epic, part 1: The story of the salad from cabbage and carrots<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #274e13;">Autumn comes slowly, bringing new colors, moods, and wishes. It brings new flavors and tastes in our kitchens, too. One of the foods of the autumn is <b>cabbage</b>, and today I am inspired to tell you more about its usage in the Bulgarian cuisine.</span><br />
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Cabbage is among the eternal Bulgarian foods. It had an important place in Bulgarians' lives in the Middle Ages. And this is a real story from the late-13th century. An epic story, representing the unbreakable relationship of the Bulgarian man and the cabbage!<br />
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<i>In his youth, the great Medieval composer John Koukouzel (Bulgarian by origin) studied in Constantinople. Once his classmates asked him what was his today's dish, and he answered that he ate broad beans with cabbage. </i><br />
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<i>The young John spoke </i><i>poorly </i><i>Greek, so he combined two words: </i>κουκιά <i>(Greek "koukia" for broad beans) and </i>зеле<i> (Bulgarian "zele" for cabbage). </i><i>This is how he received his </i><i>nickname</i><i>, which gradually became a </i><i>surname</i><i>. </i><br />
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I will share with you a recipe that is perfect for this season: a <b>salad from cabbage and carrots</b>. My father taught me years ago, and now I often make it. This is one of these things - <i>from father to son</i> - which we transfer through generations in our family. Believe me, if Koukouzel could taste it, he would write a ballad about this salad!<br />
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<li>a half from a small cabbage </li>
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<li>salt to taste </li>
<li>lemon / vinegar (by preference) </li>
<li>olive oil, sunflower oil, <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">canola oil </span></span>(by preference) </li>
<li>several olives </li>
<li>very <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">small</span> <span class="hps">slice of</span> <span class="hps">leek - 2-3cm. (optional) </span></span></li>
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The recipe may vary, depending of the location and </span></span>the <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">available products, but the basic things are cabbage, carrots, salt, oil, and vinegar. Everything else can be added to make the taste and richer. </span></span><br />
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<i>The process: </i><br />
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First step: cut the cabbage. Grate the carrots and the celery. Cut finely the leeks. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Crushing the cabbage. So it will languisheth a bit, <br />but that's okay - it easier will absorb the spices!</i></span> </td></tr>
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Second step: crush the cabbage! This procedure has a crucial meaning for the creation of a great salad! After that the cabbage will absorb easily the spices and will become more testy. Add the carrots, then put salt to taste and juice from one lemon (or two spoons from our homemade wine vinegar). Then stir and add the (sunflower/olive) oil. Stir again.<br />
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I am an adventurer and sometimes I'm tempted to experiment with additional tastes. From the ready material I'll make two different salads: for my father and for me. The difference is in the details.<br />
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My father prefers the classic salad with cabbage and carrots. No celery, no leeks, no lemon juice! Only cabbage, carrots, salt, wine vinegar, and sunflower oil. Well, I decided to decorate his salad with olives, which he accepted with pleasure.<br />
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Unlike my father, I was not limited to cabbage and carrots. I used a lemon juice, instead of vinegar, and an Extra-virgin olive oil, instead of sunflower oil. I added the grated celery and the finely chopped leeks. (Note: acrid taste of the salad can be achieved not only with leeks, but also by sprinkling with a little black pepper powder.) Additionally I put a piece of cheese. This salad was more experimental, and I have to say - it is good! John Kukouzel would be glad to taste it!<br />
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<b><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span style="color: #741b47;">VeRy ImPoRtAnT nOtE:</span></span></span>
<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">In the local tradition of Haskovo region, this salad perfectly matches a cup of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakia" target="_blank">rakiya</a> and a long conversation! Nazdrave! </span></span></b></div>
Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-60613862604993707112013-10-12T01:06:00.001+03:002013-10-27T15:15:55.425+02:00The Armenian cuisine and I<div style="text-align: justify;">
Do you know any Armenian? Or a person with Armenian origin? I do. Bulgarian Armenians are a very interesting community. <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">What</span> <span class="hps">distinguishes</span> <span class="hps">the Armenians</span><span class="">?</span></span></div>
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<i>First</i>, you can recognize an Armenian by its surname - it always ends with <i>-yan</i>. Like Karekinyan, Ovanesyan, Papazyan, Zenopyan... And their
first names sound strange for an unfamiliar ear: Hovanna, Vartuhi, Frengyul, Garabed, Vartan, Zadik, Kevork and so on. </div>
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<i>Second</i>, they have a strong sense of community. For example, the Armenians in my town Haskovo have a church, called "Surp Stepanos", and a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/448643215152776/" target="_blank">Community center "Ararat"</a>. And this is for reason - they came here in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide" target="_blank">hard times</a>, so identity and solidarity were their tools to survive..<br />
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<i>Third</i>, there are no Armenians - peasants in Bulgaria. As refugees, they settled in the towns and they all became citizens - intellectuals, craftsmen, and workers. Up to this day, I do not know any Armenian in this country who lives in a village. </div>
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<i>Fourth</i>, when you get to know them, you'll find that they have a great music, great dances... and a great cuisine! Via my friends <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/118363194596399303520" target="_blank">+Mary Panduleva</a>, <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/110657089553859451236" target="_blank">+Petya Panduleva</a> and <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/113236539963113876302" target="_blank">+Simon Zenopian</a>, last year I entered the magical world of the Armenian food during the culinary exhibition "The Armenian cuisine and I" in Haskovo.<br />
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And <i>fifth</i>, the Armenians easily adopt new influences and to add them to their own culture. The exhibition proved that they enrich their cuisine with new elements, but keep the essential fundamentals of their original, many centuries old food culture!<br />
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Images say more than words:<br />
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SALADS:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salad by hadzhi </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Snezhana Garabed</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Salad with sea gifts and clams</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #404040;"> </span><span style="color: #783f04;">Salad with carrots and beet</span></span></span></td></tr>
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MAIN COURSES:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armenian <i>dolma</i> (sarma)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armenian </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">byorek</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">banitsa</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Havgite dolma</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Potato balls</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Armenian pasta with walnuts, garlic, and yellow cheese </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stuffed eggplant Armenian style ( Karnı Yarık</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pirog with meat</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stuffed clams with rice</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gata</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armenian sweet bread</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaEksLEEs5AviiEcrz5yCojsWpsu36n0anwWpkK6Ojn4JQGtUjdBVQa42vPmOmZIV9nahWRcDUllxndfxw22oBh65EXlrd6FrGgKTt_3_FGuQU47nH25cOBDfKdrhiPvLwAJWpo70BioF6/s1600/Armenska+pita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaEksLEEs5AviiEcrz5yCojsWpsu36n0anwWpkK6Ojn4JQGtUjdBVQa42vPmOmZIV9nahWRcDUllxndfxw22oBh65EXlrd6FrGgKTt_3_FGuQU47nH25cOBDfKdrhiPvLwAJWpo70BioF6/s1600/Armenska+pita.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armenian sweet bread</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armenian sweet bread</span></td></tr>
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SWEETS:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aganch</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Baklava</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armenian "dry" baklava</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armenian cake</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armenian ribbons</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armenian ribbons</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">White sweets</span></td></tr>
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By the end of the exhibition everything was eaten.<br />
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CONCLUSION<br />
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<b>Armenian food is tasty and diverse after millennia of cultural encounters in the Middle East, and I strongly recommend it!</b> This food connects people. It <i>feeds </i>the sense of community among these several hundreds Armenians in Haskovo today. So if you pass around, don't forget to ask for the Armenian church and Community center, and maybe you'll get into some exciting Armenian celebration with food, songs, and dances :)<br />
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More about Armenian cuisine: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_cuisine" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com0Haskovo, Bulgaria41.9344366 25.55544620000000641.8399356 25.394084700000004 42.0289376 25.716807700000007tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559747228273479262.post-66571819258828652082013-10-08T00:30:00.000+03:002013-10-15T22:48:03.874+03:00How to make omachLets start our journey through the local food practices of Bulgaria with one simple and delicious breakfast. It's called <b>omach</b> and it is typical for Chernichevo - the native village of my father.<br />
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Chernichevo is a mountain village - it is located in the south part of Eastern Rhodopes. It is a remote place, with old oak and beech forests, sumptuous meadows with herbs and junipers, and invigorating springs and streams. As being distant from the modern civilization, Chernichevo preserved many of its ancient traditions, like <b>omach </b>- a unique food that I haven't seen anywhere else.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">Recipe: omach for 4 people. </span></b><br />
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<i>Ingredients:</i> one onion, four spoons of flour, fat (sunflower oil or olive oil - optional), a teaspoon of paprika, one teaspoon salt.<br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b>Step 1: </b></span><br />
Peel and chop one large onion. Sauté the onion with a little fat (enough to cover the bottom). Allow the onions on fire until it begins to turn yellow. If you prefer a stronger taste, lift the lid, so that the onions become golden-brown in color.<br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b>Step 2:</b> </span><br />
Add a teaspoon of paprika and stir. Immediately after the red pepper, pour a liter of water and season with salt to taste.<br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b>Step 3:</b> </span><br />
Until the onion is sautéing (almost frying), put 4 large tablespoons of flour in a broad and shallow bowl. In the pile of flour make a hole and add one spoonful of water in it. Squish the flour (in Bulgarian this squishing is called " to omachkam" which probably gave name to the meal "omach"). The goal is to make small semi-doughy pieces - like large crumbs.<br />
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Here's a closer look:<br />
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Also, flour can be rubbed with hands.<br />
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Finally, after being squished, flour should look like this:<br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b>Step 4:</b></span><br />
So while you had prepared the meal, the water with onion and red pepper is boiling on the fire. Add the flour, stir and let it boil for 10-15 minutes. Then remove omach from the heat, pour it in bowls and eat while warm. Perhaps with a slice of bread.<br />
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Basically <b>omach </b>is a lean and a light dish, but if you like, you could add animal products. For example, while suffocating onion, you can use butter instead of vegetable oil. Also, this meal perfectly fits together with crumbled cheese on top. It's all about your personal taste.<br />
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Enjoy your meal!
Georgi Stankovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555699515777887110noreply@blogger.com36954 Chernichevo, Bulgaria41.3487481 25.77562650000004441.3249081 25.735286000000045 41.3725881 25.815967000000043