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Bulgarian Books: Culture
Customs, Rituals, Art, Holidays
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BG27 Bk75 $19. 1 copy left
The Mystery of Life: Bulgarian Family and Calendar Customs and Rituals, 19th to 20th century
Nadezhda Teneva, National Ethnograpic Museum, Sofia 2002
55-pp softcover 7¼" x 11¾"
- English text
- Beautifully illustrated with museum artifact photos
- Religion, patron saints, birth, initiations, marriage
- Health and healing, death
- Calendar customs, folk art
- Old Bulgarian costume map
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BG27-bk94 $14. 2 copies left
Български Народнен Календар
Bulgarian Folk Calendar
Rachko Popov Sofia 2006
6" x 8¼" softcover 132 pages
- Color photo section
- Bulgarian text
- Customs and holidays through the calendar year
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BG24 bk75 $18. 1 copy left
ИЗКУСТВО И НАРОДЕН ОБИЧАЙ
Art & Folk Customs
Lozinka Yordanova, Sofia 2002
103-pp softcover 8¼" x 10¼"
- Bulgarian text
- Glossy cover didn't photo well
- Color photographs, color drawings
- Customs, calendar & family rituals, holidays
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BG24 Bk35 $16.
Ot Pazhdaneto do Godezha
From Birth to Bethrothal
Bulgarian Customs and Rituals
Lozinka Yordanova, Sofia 2004
86-pp softcover 5¾" x 8½”
- Stages of life, family celebrations
- Related artifacts and items used in rites & rituals
- Beautiful color photos, good quality paper
- BG text with English summary
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BG27 bk89 $10. 1 copy left
ОБРЕДНО ИЗКУСТВО / ARTE RITUAL / RITUAL ART
National Ethnographic Museum
31-pp softcover 5¾” x 8½"
- Bulgarian, Spanish, English text
- Color photos from museum collections
- Artifacts associated with magic and religious beliefs
- Cover: 19th c votive hand
- Below: 19th c amulet, Haskovo
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BG4 $15.
Etura - Architectural Ethnografski Complex
- 65+ page Softcover 7½” x 8¼ "
- Vintage 1988
- 3-page intro & captions in Bulgarian & Russian
- 60+ vibrant vintage color photos
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BG28 bk25 $12.
Regional Ethnographic Museum, Plovdiv
18-pp softcover booklet 9¼" x 6½"
- Beautiful photos of museum artifacts
- Agriculture, textiles and clothing
- Furniture & interiors, crafts
- Musical instruments, ritual objects
- Back cover: urban underclothing, late 19th- early 20th c
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BG7 bk18 $14. 2 copies
Kapanski & Hertsoi Textiles
Razgrad area, Bulgaria
Sofia 1980
22-pp softcover booklet 7¼" x 7"
2-page introduction in Bulgarian, French, Russian, English
- Two ethnic groups, Kapanski and Hertsoi
- 13 color textile photos with captions
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