THE NATIONAL FESTIVALS OF THE BULGARIAN FOLKLORE AND THE FESTIVAL IN VILLAGE OF CHERNI VIT, TETEVEN REGION Cover Image

Съборите на народното творчество и Съборът „От Тимок до Вита“ в с. Черни Вит, Тетевенско
THE NATIONAL FESTIVALS OF THE BULGARIAN FOLKLORE AND THE FESTIVAL IN VILLAGE OF CHERNI VIT, TETEVEN REGION

Author(s): Veselka Toncheva
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Customs / Folklore, Music, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Art
Published by: Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика ОНГЬЛ
Keywords: the Folk Festivals in Bulgaria; the regional festival in Gramatikovo; the national festival in Koprivshtitsa; folklore in the modern times;

Summary/Abstract: The movement of the Folk Festivals in Bulgaria is nowadays one of the forms for preservation and promotion of folklore and tradition. The text presents a short overview of the origin and development of Bulgarian folklore festivals – the first regional festival in Gramatikovo (1960) and the first national festival in Koprivshtitsa (1965). The main part of the text is dedicated to a regional festival, created in 1980 – in village of Cherni Vit, Teteven region. Its way is indicative for the “life” of folklore in modern times and the role of festivals for the reconstruction of tradition.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 127-141
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian