BULGARIAN WINTER CALENDAR CUSTOMS FROM THE PARCANI VILLAGE

Abstract

The article describes the winter holidays calendar of the Bulgarians living in Transnistria. On the basis of interviews with villagers of Parkany the author makes a comparative analysis of the winter calendar holidays of the Bulgarians from Transnistria with the holidays from different places of residence of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria, Ukraine, Crimea). The problem is to find out how the traditional rites and holidays have been preserved, and to what degree certain attributes of calendar holidays have been lost, since some of them have disappeared from traditional use. The material has been illustrated with song-examples recorded in Parcany nowadays.

Keywords

• Bulgarian culture and customs of the village of Parcany
• calendar holidays
• Bulgarian folk songs
• Christmas carols