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Eight welcoming questions about the essentials of Bulgaria, from everyday life to old traditions. No expert knowledge needed: everyone can join in.
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In 1905 the Bulgarian scientist Stamen Grigorov, then working in a laboratory in Geneva, found the bacterium in a sample of Bulgarian yogurt. It is known as Lactobacillus bulgaricus, and together with a second kind of bacterium it turns milk thick and tangy.
Photo: Bob Blaylock, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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In Bulgaria, 'no' is often shown with a single upward nod of the head, while 'yes' is a gentle, wobbly shake from side to side, almost the opposite of what most visitors are used to. Many Albanians use the same head movements.
Photo: NMu11er, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Bulgaria's stars of the 1980s won so much that they were nicknamed the 'Golden Girls'. At the Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, a Bulgarian group of five gymnasts finally won Olympic gold, after earlier silver and bronze medals.
Photo: Miriam Jeske, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 br.
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The cheese is sirene, a white cheese a bit like a mild feta, and together with the red tomatoes and green cucumbers it gives the salad the colours of Bulgaria's flag. Although it feels very traditional, the salad was only given its name in 1956, by a travel agency looking for dishes for tourists.
Photo: Popo le Chien, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
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Pickers start at dawn, cutting the flowers one by one by hand and laying them in willow baskets, and the petals are distilled the same day. The harvest runs from May to June, and visitors can even join in on special picking mornings in villages around the town of Kazanlak.
Photo: Itineranttrader, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Bulgarians usually call these mountains Stara Planina, which means 'old mountain'. They run for about 560 km, from the border with Serbia to the Black Sea, and split Bulgaria into a northern and a southern half.
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The song, 'Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin', is sung by Valya Balkanska from Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains. It is one of the tunes on the Golden Record, next to music by Bach, Mozart and Chuck Berry, which was sent out for anyone in space who might find it one day.
Photo: NASA, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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The banitsa is spun on the table, and everyone takes the piece that stops in front of them, finding wishes such as health, love, travel or success. A small twig of dogwood with a bud is a favourite charm, because it stands for good health and a long life.
Photo: Sheku80, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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