Tag: blagoevgrad

Happy Bulgarian Alphabet Day!

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24th of May is the day in which we celebrate the creation of the Bulgarian script, known outside of Bulgaria as the Cyrillic alphabet.

The Byzantine scholars St. Cyril and Methodius craeted the Glagolitic alphabet around 862-863 so they can spread Christianity. According to our schools, it wasn’t too convenient to use. Their students, based in the Preslav Literary School, did multiple simplifications and created the new script based on the Greek letters with some Glagolitic. The result stuck and spread around the globe.

24th of May is an official holiday in Bulgaria. The video above shows the students and teachers from a local school entering the center of Blagoevgrad with their marching band to be later greeted by the president.

Kukeri

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I only saw one of the gatherings this year and the folks were without their uniforms. But they were as noisy as always. I’m sure the evil spirits ran away.

Small Cats & Not So Small Cats

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Last summer we saw a litter of kitten in a hard to reach place. There was no mother cat nearby.

It might be hard to spot them, but 4 voids.

The 4th one is a sniper and hides well.

We visited the same area around Christmas and I asked my wife “Remember the kitten? I wonder if they made it” and then 5 seconds later saw this:

So momma cat successfully protected her kitten from adoption. The 4th void is a sniper again.