Architecture Photos from Communist Era In Bulgaria

<img alt="Architecture Photos from Communist Era In Bulgaria 1" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5607" height="266" src="http://www.wackyowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Architecture-Photos-from-Communist-Era-In-Bulgaria-1.jpg" title="Architecture Photos from Communist Era In Bulgaria 1" width="400"><br><br>Nikola Mihov, through the lens of the camera. Shares with us some of the architects most artistic and strange modern Bulgaria on Arch Daily website, most of the monuments that were captured by Nikola was built some time between 1945 and 1989. More images and info after the break...<br><a href="http://pmodels.blogspot.com/2011/04/architecture-photos-from-communist-era.html#more">Continue Reading...</a>

Architecture Photos from Communist Era In Bulgaria

Nikola Mihov, through the lens of the camera. Shares with us some of the architects most artistic and strange modern Bulgaria on Arch Daily ...

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Ritual Fire Dance in Bulgaria

An old habit of the centuries can be traced back to Tracians, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.6833333333,23.3166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=42.6833333333,23.3166666667%20%28Bulgaria%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>. Nestinarstvo (Fire <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance" rel="wikipedia" title="Dance">Dancing</a>) is a mysterious ritual in which people actually dancing on burning coals without causing burns.<br><br><br><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Ritual Fire Dance in Bulgaria" border="0" height="250" src="http://u.slowbos.com/upload/images/1313019745550.jpg" title="Ritual Fire Dance in Bulgaria" width="400"> </div><br>Believed to have become one of the oldest pagan rituals in the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans" rel="wikipedia" title="Balkans">Balkans</a>. Nestinarstvo become a symbol of resistance against the persecution by the Christian Church and communism and is still practiced in some villages Bulgaria and the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" rel="wikipedia" title="Greek language">Greek-speaking</a> on <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.0125,27.6086111111&spn=0.1,0.1&q=42.0125,27.6086111111%20%28Strandzha%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Strandzha">Strandzha Mountains</a>.<br><br>One of these remote settlements is the legendary village <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.bulgari.com/" rel="homepage" title="Bulgari">Bulgari</a>, in which people are still dancing on hot coals, just as their ancestors have done for thousands of years. watch video and more images after the break...<br><a href="http://pmodels.blogspot.com/2011/04/ritual-fire-dance-in-bulgaria.html#more">Continue Reading...</a>

Ritual Fire Dance in Bulgaria

An old habit of the centuries can be traced back to Tracians, Bulgaria . Nestinarstvo (Fire Dancing ) is a mysterious ritual in which people...

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