Wednesday walk in village Bulgari

My Wednesday walk today is in the Strandzha village Bulgari. The village of Bulgari is located in Southeastern Bulgaria and is known for having preserved the Nestinarstvo custom in its most authentic form, and it is still performed today.

My friends and I visited the village during the Zelenikata festival, which was held in this village this year.

We arrived there late in the afternoon and all the festivities had already ended. On the main square there were still stalls selling homemade products, honey, cotton candy and other things.

The Church of St. St. Constantine and Helena:

The impressive stone building was built in the second half of the 19th century. But it was burned down during the Ilinden-Preobrazhensko Uprising, after which in 1910. it was rebuilt.

The Church of St. St. Constantine and Helena in the village was open and it was exciting to go in and explore this impressive building and see so many ancient objects up close.

The village hall:

A stone fountain depicting a Nestinarka performing a Nestinar dance.

My friends and I had decided to visit the chapels of St. Helena and St. Constantine, so we followed the signs and headed there.

We walked along Nestinarka Street.

We passed by beautiful Strandja houses.

In one yard there was a large laurel tree.

The road led us to the end of the village and the beginning of the forest.

Soon we reached a large meadow with a gazebo.

In the distance, an imposing tree with a majestic stature stood out, which was an ancient oak.

The chapel of St. Helena was located near it.

We continued our walk to the chapel of "St. Constantine".

We entered the forest and started descending towards the river. On the way we observed beautiful trees, we also saw this beautiful beetle.

The chapel was reached by wooden stairs and the chapel itself was located in a beautiful area surrounded by periwinkle.

The river could be heard nearby and not far away there was a small waterfall, which unfortunately we could not reach despite our attempts.

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