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Cultural category:Festivals


The Аrchives of IEFSEM-BAS

number inv. № aeim B215_81-2
title Prédoy [Bulg.], a custom of measuring the milk at the beginning of the milking season
Year of the photography 1970~1990
Period 1981
Place of the photography Smolyan Devin Town
photographer Nedyalka Krapcheva
Ethnic group Bulgarian
Explanation Prédoy [Bulg.], a custom of measuring the milk at the beginning of the milking season. This is a reproduction of the custom at the folklore festival "Rozhen" ’81. The milkers dressed in shepherds’ clothing are measuring the milk using ritually decorated pails. They have the following attributes and accessories: crooks – gégi [Bulg.]; shawls – shélove [Bulg.]; cloaks – képe [Bulg.]; belts – silyahlótsi [Bulg.].




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Author of the text Svetla Rakshieva, Maria Markova, Elka Mincheva