Знамената на априлци — продължение на възрожденската знаменна традиция
The Flags of the Men of April, a Continuation of the Banner Tradition of the Bulgarian National Revival Period

Summary/Abstract: The author points out that the fighting and revolutionary flags of the period of the Bulgarian National Revival and National Revolutionary Struggles, besides being historic evidence and relics, are also the subject of ethnographic studies. The tradition of flag-making up to and during the Bulgarian National Revival period is examined in the article, stress being laid on the fact that along with the development of the national idea the political element is increasingly intensified as visual material on the flags. Religious and other special features depicted on the flags yield place to the Bulgarian coat of arms the lion and the device "Liberty or Death". This is most strikingly observed during the April Uprising of 1876 when more than 50 flags were made. The author reviews the manner in which they were made, their dimensions and material, the images, etc., and emphasizes above all the place and role of the men who took the initiative to have them made, the apostles and revolutionaries and their creators themselves — local artist sand icon painters, women and girls who were schoolmistresses.

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