Duckling in a quarantine pool
Sonya Machorska A duck family appeared in the closed Lukács Gyógyfürdő Mineral Bath in Budapest, Hungary. Duck with its 14 ducks safely swim in the outdoor mineral pool, unsettled by … Read More
How Martenitsas Become inhalers …
Sonya Machorska In mid-February this year, 600 martenitsas from Vidin left for Romania to “return” later as a monetary donation. According to the idea of the Romanian Cultural Center – … Read More
Annunciation – fed and with money in the pocket
This is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus, the Son of God, … Read More
Carnival and masks
Sonya Machorska How much fun at a carnival! You get dirty here and there with different colors, you thrust some feathers or trinkets and you are already different! Unrecognizable. You … Read More
For us – quarantine, for birds – spring
Sonya Machorska It never happened to us! Instead of looking for storks, we stay home and look at the world through windows or terraces … It never happened to us. … Read More
Second World Award for the Bulgarian Ivan Krastev
Sonya Machorska Sara Charney, Chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize Board, has announced that the winner of the 2020 Lionel Gelber Prize is The Light that Failed: A Reckoning by … Read More
Estate of clay Obichkovtsi
Sonya Machorska Near the village of Izvos, Belogradchik, one can see an incredibly beautiful clay house, made by arch. Georgi Georgiev. Its roof is covered with earth, grass and herbs. … Read More
Taliban, scorpions, heat …
Sonya Machorska Ranger – one of the professions of recent times. A soldier who fights outside his home country. But not out of love for war, young men become personnel … Read More
The old houses of Vidin and Dolj
Sonya Machorska Pictures of 82 masterpieces of architecture from Bulgaria and Romania were arranged at the Cross Barracks Museum in Vidin. Photo boards are made by the project “Revival of … Read More
Martenitsa of the Balkans
Sonya Machorska This custom, considered the Bulgarian, is characteristic of the Balkan Peninsula and has become a Balkan tradition. Martenitsa is a small piece of adornment, made of white and … Read More