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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.

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View on the Rila mountain range. This picture was taken by Kozzmen.

This picture was taken in Bansko by liquidrage2007.

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Sunrise over the Stara Planina mountains (in Mazalat). This picture was taken by Evgeni Dinev. His pictures come highly recommended!

Winter landscape in the Stara Planina mountains (in Mazalat). This picture was taken by Evgeni Dinev. His pictures come highly recommended!