НЕПУБЛИКУВАНИ МАТЕРИАЛИ ЗА ОБИЧАИТЕ „ПЕПЕРУДА“ И „ГЕРМАН“ ОТ АРХИВИТЕ НА РЕГИОНАЛЕН ИСТОРИЧЕСКИ МУЗЕЙ – ПЛЕВЕН И АСОЦИАЦИЯ ЗА АНТРОПОЛОГИЯ, ЕТНОЛОГИЯ И ФОЛКЛОРИСТИКА „ОНГЪЛ“
UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS ON THE “PEPERUDA” AND “GERMAN” CUSTOMS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE PLEVEN REGIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND THE ‘ONGAL’ ASSOCIATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, AND FOLKLORE STUDIES

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the scientific report is to present the “Peperuda” (But¬terfly) and “German” customs in the region of Samokov and Pleven re¬gion through unpublished field materials. The “Peperuda” custom has a general Bulgarian character and does not have a fixed calendar date, and is performed mostly during a pro¬longed drought. The main ritual person is a pure girl (virgin girl) – an orphan or the youngest child in the family (last child in the family, with living parents). “German” consists in making a clay figure – a dead man. It is performed immediately after the “Peperuda” and is spread mainly in Northern Bulgaria, but it is also registered in the Southern Bulgarian lands – Sliven, Karnobat and Burgas, and in some variants – in Yambol and Elhovo.“Peperuda” (Butterfly) and “German” form a single common holiday-ritual complex, the main purpose of which is the desire to appease the divine heavenly and underground forces, on which moisture, fertility, and well-being depend throughout the year.

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