by Ronesa Aveela | Feb 29, 2020 | Bulgaria, Holidays
2020 is a leap year, so we get an extra day this February. People around the world have various customs and beliefs about February 29 and even the entire leap year. February 29 is the feast day of Saint Cassian, also called “Cassian the Unmerciful.” He was a demonic...
by Ronesa Aveela | Feb 1, 2020 | Bulgaria, Bulgarian Art, Mythology and Folklore, Rituals and Traditions
Bulgaria is known as the birthplace of the ancient singer and musician Orpheus. We don’t know exactly where his birthplace was, but tradition indicates it was somewhere in the beautiful Rhodope Mountains in southeastern Bulgaria, which was part of ancient Thrace....
