ИВАНОВДЕН В ГРАД ТРЪСТЕНИК, ПЛЕВЕНСКО, С АКЦЕНТ ВЪРХУ ОБИЧАЯ „КЬОРАВА КОБИЛА“
IVANOVDEN IN TRASTENIK CITY, PLEVEN REGION, WITH AN ACCENT OBSERVANCE „KIORAVA KOBILA”

Summary/Abstract: Some of the most striking and interesting moments in the traditional Bulgarian calendar are the masquerade games. In the different villages of the Pleven region they are performed on Ivanovden (old and new style), imbued with spells for fertility and health. They are related to agriculture and animal husbandry, which are the main livelihoods here. Masked troops circling the village and bless all the houses they visit. The purpose of the message is to introduce the general public to a little known local custom, which is performed on Ivanovden (07.01) in the town of Trastenik, know in the past as the village of Marashki Trаstenik. The custom named „Kiorava kobila“. There are different legends of the observance, which told in the years that continue to those days. According one of them, the owner called Ivan and that’s the name was memorialize in this custom. 270 So from time immemorial, on the Ivanovden team of horses circling the house for health and the farmers donate them with money, food, pretzel and different presents. Following the all-Bulgarian tradition, also in Trastenik, the games in the observance “Kiorava kobila” are organized around two main moments: walking around the villages and final actions on the square in the village. The observance “Kiorava kobila” is a holiday, saved until this day. There is a growing interest in masquerade games and the growing participation of the youngest generation.Some of the most striking and interesting moments in the traditional Bulgarian calendar are the masquerade games. In the different villages of the Pleven region they are performed on Ivanovden (old and new style), imbued with spells for fertility and health. They are related to agriculture and animal husbandry, which are the main livelihoods here. Masked troops circling the village and bless all the houses they visit. The purpose of the message is to introduce the general public to a little known local custom, which is performed on Ivanovden (07.01) in the town of Trastenik, know in the past as the village of Marashki Trаstenik. The custom named „Kiorava kobila“. There are different legends of the observance, which told in the years that continue to those days. According one of them, the owner called Ivan and that’s the name was memorialize in this custom. 270 So from time immemorial, on the Ivanovden team of horses circling the house for health and the farmers donate them with money, food, pretzel and different presents. Following the all-Bulgarian tradition, also in Trastenik, the games in the observance “Kiorava kobila” are organized around two main moments: walking around the villages and final actions on the square in the village. The observance “Kiorava kobila” is a holiday, saved until this day. There is a growing interest in masquerade games and the growing participation of the youngest generation.

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