Lazarki dancers in Bulgaria

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  • Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
  • Here are some clips from my field work in Buglaria in April of 2022 featuring the Bulgarian tradition of Lazaruvane (лазаруване) in town of Banichan.
    The ritual is performed by young girls (typically of age 16 who are unmarried), called lazarki (Bulgarian: лазарки). The girls decorate their hair richly and colourfully (usually with flower and ribbon wreaths) and dance around the village singing songs. They stop from house to house, performing songs and blessing the homes, accepting small presents and food from the hosts, typically the men. They meet by a river, where they drop their wreaths.
    The tradition is thought to have originated from the Roman festival Rosalia , popularized in Southeastern Europe by the Romans after their conquest of Balkans in the 2nd century B.C. Slavic tribes, settled in the Balkans in 6th - 7th century was adopted and developed part of the Greek - Roman traditions in their rites.

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