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Q40: What Name days there are in October?
A40: In October Bulgarian celebrate next name days:
03 October - Dionisii
14 October - Penka, Petko
18 October - Zlata, Zlatka, Zlatko
19 October - Ioan, Ioana
26 October - Dimitar, Mitko, Dimitrina
27 October - Nestor
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A41: In November Bulgarian celebrate next name days:
08 November - Mihail, Rangel, Raina, Raia, Raika, Mihaela, Angel, Milcho
11 November - Mina, Minka, Viktor, Viktoria
14 November - Filip, Filipa, Filio
16 November - Matei
24 November - Ekaterina, Katerina, Katia, Katina, Iasna
26 November - Stilian
30 November - Andrei
go top Q42: What Name days there are in December?
A42: In December Bulgarian celebrate next name days:
01 December - Naum
04 December - Varvara
05 December - Sava, Elisaveta, Slav, Slavka
06 December - Nikola, Nikolai, Nina
09 December - Anna, Anushka, Nusha
12 December - Spiridon, Darina
17 December - Danail, Daniela, Dana
20 December - Ignat, Ognian, Plamen, Plamena
24 December - Evgenia
25 December - Hristo, Hristina
26 December - Iosif
27 December - Stefan, Conio, Stoicho, Stoimen, Stefka
go top Q43: What about Bulgarian folk dance and music - horo?
A43: Bulgarian music is part of the Balkan tradition, which stretches across Southeastern Europe, and has its own distinctive sound. The most distinctive feature of Balkan folk music is the rhythms, which are built using combinations of 2/16 and 3/16 notes, forming various combinations of 'quick' and 'slow' beats. A number of basic folk dances use a distinct combination of these notes, similar to how the waltz in western music consists of 3/4 rhythm. However, due to the ability to combine 2/16 and 3/16 notes in various combinations and permutations, a wide variety of different rhythms can be obtained. For example, 6/16 can be built using two 3/16 notes, or three 2/16th notes.
Following is a list of some Bulgarian folk dances, along with their rhythms:
- Paidushko Horo (2-3 or 5/16) Men's dance
- Ruchenitsa (2-2-3 or 7/16) A couple dance
- Daichovo Horo (2-2-2-3 or 9/16) A circle dance where a leader calls what various the circle should do next.
- Triti Puti (4/4) Line dance which is quick-quick-slow, but it is 2-2-4
- Elenino Horo (3-3-2-3 or 11/16) A line dance
- Gankino or Kopanica (2-2-3-2-2 or 11/16) A line dance
- Acano Mlada Nevesto (2-2-4-2-3 or 13/16) A line dance, where the first slow is actually 4/16 instead of 3/16
- Chope Dance (2/4) Men's dance, often accompanied with bagpipes and drums
- Buchimish (2-2-2-2-3-2-2 or 15/16) A line dance
go top Q44: Are there any special birthday traditions?
A44: No. The Bulgarian traditions for birthday look like traditions of other European countries - the person that has birthday gives a treat and his guests and friends give him presents.
go top Q45: What is tradition for Ignazhden?
A45: Ignazhden (Ignajden) is nameday of Ignat (from the Latin word meaning ‘fire’), Plamen, Ognyan, Plamena, etc. It is celabrate on 20 December.
This day marks the beginning of the folk New Year. On the evening before, the woman of the house prepares the table for Ignazhden – dishes without meat and a big bun which is divided into pieces in the morning by the “crawler” (the first guest to the house). Then she takes with a spoon some of the boiled wheat and corn (chinichka), tastes some of it, and the rest she throws over the fire for the chicken to fly freely and the wheat to grow high. While throwing
she says: “As much coal in the oven so much prosperity during the year!” “Amen!”, the others say. And they know that as the holiday table is rich the hosts will be twice as rich. Then the woman of the house makes a circle of a man’s sash in the yard and within it she feeds the chicken so that they don’t go to other people’s yards. She keeps the hens to lay eggs in their own nest for in the mythology of the old Bulgarians the egg as a symbol of the world and the new, blessed world of the home must remain in the house. On this day people are careful not to take anything out of the house. Everybody must bring things in so that the year is “full”. It is very well if everybody has a coin in his pocet.
go top Q46: What is tradition for Danilovden?
A46: Danilovden (Daniel`s Day) is celebrated on 17 December and is name day of persons with names Danail, Daniela, Dana.
In Christian legends Daniel was put in the pit where the lion, instead of tearing him to pieces, licked him with his tongue. He symbolizes the personality of Christ who disarmed death and temptation. The day is celebrated by all pregnant women. They bake breads and give them out to the neighbors for the year to be fertile and for them to give birth easily.
go top Q47: When is Antonovden?
A47: Antonovden (St.Antony`s Day) is celebrated on 17 Janyary and is name day of persons with names Anton, Antonia, Doncho, Donka (all derived from the Latin Antonius meaning ‘priceless’).
People celebrate this day and don’t work as protection against the plague. Young brides get up at dawn and bake breads called “choumini” (of the plague). They spread honey on them and give them out to the neighbors for the health of people and animals. To keep the plague away on this day you must not cook beans, lentils, corn, you must not sew or knit.
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go top Q48: What is tradition for St Varvara day?
A48: St. Varvara’s Day (4 December) is nameday of Varvara. It sets the beginning of the winter holidays in Bulgaria. On this day the woman of the house bakes small “buns” for the little boys and "dolls" for the small girls. She boils wheat, corn, beans and gives them out to the neighbors for health and for the mercy of Grandmother Measles so that the children are healthy. The day is also called “Women’s Christmas” because only women and young girls take part in it.
go top Q49: What is Bulgarian tradition for Aninden?
A49: Aninden (St.Ana`s day) is on 9 December and is nameday of persons with names Ana, Nusha, Anushka.
Ana means ‘blessing’ in Hebrew. In the folk legends Saint Anna is the mother of Virgin Mary and protector of marriage, the family, virginity, pregnant women and the widows. Women don’t work on this day, men don’t leave the village so mermaids don’t fall in love with them. In the evening men burn dry ox dung in front of the door to drive away evil spirits from the house. Women rub the udders of cows, sheep and goats with wood ashes, garlic and fat. The domestic birds are kept closed to protect them against magic. The young girls put under the oven a plate with salt and wheat, cover it with a white cloth and in the morning feed the cattle with it for health. If a man enters the house first, it is believed the newly born animals during the year will be male. This explains why women usually visit the neighbors first.
The day is professional holiday for all medicine staff too.
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