Events:

The proposed Events take place once for a certain period of time and represent unique Bulgarian traditions.

You will find below a brief description of the Event.

A whole tour can be dedicated to the Event or we can fit it in the program of an already existing one.

Fire-Dancing Festival

Each year in spring a Fire-Dancing Festival is held in the small village of Bulgari, beautifully situated among the slopes of Strandzha Mountains in the South-Western part of Bulgaria. Traditionally associated with the feast day of St. St. Constantine and Helena on May 21, the ritual involves initiates falling into trance and dancing on a carpet of red embers, to furious bagpipe accompaniment. Ethnologists have suggested that fire dancing is directly descended from the Dionysian rites of the ancients, and thus constitutes a direct link with the ecstatic religion of the Thracians.

Unfortunately, genuine “nestinarstvo” or fire-dancing no longer forms part of village life and this is why witnessing such a ritual is a once-in-a-life chance. Especially if combined with the specific atmosphere of a village with century-old houses and the chance of tasting home-made specialities.