PLEVEN REGION
   TRADITIONAL RITES AND FEASTS
   TRADITIONAL CELEBRATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL AND POPULAR ORTHODOX FEASTS
 
   


Survakane (Ritual Cornel Twigs, Used tp Tap People's Backs When Wishing Them Happy New Year on St. Basil's Day) in the Village of Somovit, Pleven Region

1984. Archive of the Institute of Folklore

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Makavey; The Seven Sts. Brothers Makavei1
Preobragenie; Transfiguration6
Goliama Bogorodica; Dormition of the Holy Virgin15
Seknovene, Ivan Koprivan; The Day of John the Baptist’s Beheading29
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