Kuker

At this time of the year there are many carnival-like folk festivals throughout Bulgaria. Here’s a rather frightening costume they use in Shiroka Laka, a picturesque village in the Rhodopes mountains.

Credits to the photographer. See more Bulgaria pictures here.

One of the few Anelia songs I still need to add to my collection. Will do soon! In the meantime you can browse through hundreds of chalga and other Bulgarian music videos here.

Great pictures of Bulgaria with traditional Bulgarian choir music.

I’ve been seeing this film pop up many times and discussed in various places when discussing the differences between Bulgaria and “Europe”. In Bulgaria, people still speak of “Europe” to designate Western Europe. Seems there is still some way to go before they feel part of the Union…

The video is unfortunately of poor quality and does not give credit to Beloslava’s great jazzy-soul voice. “Kudeto si ti” means “where are you?”. For my complete collection of Anelia videos, see my videos section.