Casual costume for young women - brides and maidens, used until the middle of the twentieth century.

The costume was brought to Razlog by the Bulgarians, settlers from the villages of Banitsa, Karakoy, Gorno Brody in Sersko (today's Greece).

Casual costume for an elderly woman, used until the middle of the twentieth century.

It is made of home-woven woolen fabric with protruding large „plohi” called "gruchki".

This girl is dressed in short shirt (koshulya), which is covered by the outwear, with small raised collar and rich lace on the sleeves.

This costume is from the first decades of the twentieth century, the new garment "foustan" shows a transition from the traditional to urban.

THE UNIQUE STYLE OF BULGARIAN EMBROIDERY IS RECOGNIZED EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

UNESCO RECOGNIZES CHIPROVO CARPETS AS A PART OF THE WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE

THE OLD BULGARIANS EXPRESSED THEIR NATIONAL BELONGING THROUGH THEIR CLOTHES

ABADJIYSTVO and GAYTANDZHIYSTVO ARE IN THEIR PRIME IN THE XVIII - XIX CENTURY

LIVING CLAY - BEYOND MYSTICISM AND MAGIC Continuation of Part 1

Gunsmithing was developed in Sliven, Gabrovo, Gotse Delchev, Madan, Smolyan and others.

To the horror of the Greeks, the ancient Thracians drank it undiluted - they were the first to develop the enzyme that breaks down alcohol..

The folk genius is manifested in the painted carts, the painted Easter eggs, the wedding chests, in the spoons, cupboards, wheels.

Bulgarian masters of instruments still keep the gene of their ancestor - the Thracian Orpheus

Leatherwork has been one of the most popular and characteristic crafts of the Bulgarians since ancient times.

Bulgarian folk music is the business card of Bulgaria not only in front of the world, but even in the vast cosmos.

The bas-relief images on the folk pies tempt the imagination of ethnographers and gastronomes.

The tradition in its processing is authentic, without the intervention of foreign influences, even in the earliest Middle Ages.

In the lands of today's Bulgaria, the processing of wood dates back to the time of the Thracians.