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PostSubject: Bulgarian cultural experience!   Bulgarian cultural experience! Icon_minitimeSun Dec 29, 2013 9:03 pm

I will give this a few day on here to test it please. I realize many of you do not have Facebook but I understand you can still use the link below (should you wish to participate)

This is a post from Nellie Gospodinova: If you would like to share in the blog please click the link below.....
I have been a member of your group but I haven't written anything so far. For those of you who do not know me, my name is Nellie Gospodinova.I am an English language teacher at The Secondary Vocational School of Economics, Administration and Service "
Atanas Burov"
in Silistra, Bulgaria. This year I am an international project coordinator of a project entitled: 'The BMR's salad bowl. Try it!' (* BMR = Bulgarian, Moldovan, Romanian) Our students created a web blog: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] You can learn more about our project idea, goals and objectives by reading the information on this blog. I invite all of you to share your Bulgarian stories with us. It will be extremely interesting for us to read the opinion of foreigners about Bulgarian life style and mentality! I am sure that you have a lot of funny and amusing stories from your stay in my home country! Please send them to me on Facebook as personal messages. It will be great if you attach some photos to your articles too! I deeply hope that at least some of you will write to me and will be willing to share their Bulgarian cultural experience!!!
BMR`s salad bowl. Try it! | Our diversity is our Strength
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Dear Berni, could you publish this message in your Facebook group? I am looking for expats, Foreigners who will want to share their Bulgarian experience with my students.
Memebers of your group could write about our customs, culture, traditions or the things you love about staying and living in Bulgaria. It is up to them to choose a topic. It is important to have the point of view of people who were not born in Bulgaria. This is very precious for our project and our students.

BMR`s salad bowl. Try it! | Our diversity is our Strength
bmrsalad.eu
Ice cream is a Bulgarian hip hop band. It was formed in 1997, but its members have changed many times. The band became massively popular in the last two years. The members now are Daniel Dimitrov – Ice, Viktor Nikolov, Malin Milanov – Monti ( rappers) and Elena – singer. Their songs
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PostSubject: Re: Bulgarian cultural experience!   Bulgarian cultural experience! Icon_minitimeMon Dec 30, 2013 12:05 pm

Our village had "
A Bit of a Do"
a couple of days and ago in what might be called their old village hall. Tables and chairs were set ready for everybody to use and the massive wood burner was stacked with burning wood. We all took our own food and drink and sat down to an entertaining night with a disco and singer and the mayors wife who started the evening dressed as Santa Claus. She came into the hall with another member of our village and uttered Bulgaski for a few minutes much to everyone's amusement, even us Brits had a laugh as well. Much dancing was performed by BG's who had obviously learnt how to dance from a young age and ten of our fellow BG ladies lined up together as a choir and sang a few songs, this was well received and much applause followed.

Towards the end of the evening after much Rum I played the bagpipes, it went reasonably well, but playing soberly would have been better and so next time I will leave the drink at home, BG's applauded enthusiastically afterwards and so they enjoyed one of our British traditions as well. We understand that our Mayor arranged the evening and his wife arranged much of the activities and considering that our village has only 200 occupants it was good to see and half the village attended and a good time was had by all! Top marks for Bulgaria and their culture and traditions!!

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PostSubject: Re: Bulgarian cultural experience!   Bulgarian cultural experience! Icon_minitimeTue Dec 31, 2013 7:49 am

Like Eric, we also had our village do yesterday in the village hall.

When we arrived we greeted like good friends and shown the tables by the woodburner which had been reserved for the English contingent. We paid 6lev each for our do, but how they managed to cover their costs is beyond me. There were bottles of pop on the tables and a huge bread roll to go with a meal. We bought our own alcohol though there was a bar, and the wine our neighbour gave us for Christmas was just the thing. There was also a band.
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The day kicked off with a welcome speech and this was translated by a young girl into English which was very kind. Soon there was a smell of cooking and the meal was served.
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Then the dancing began and it was lovely. The steps looked simple enough but ex-pats who had been there years said they were very difficult to pick up. It was nice to see everybody having a good time and they were keen to see the Brits join in. And they did and were patiently shown what to do.
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We had all bought home made draw tickets and the draw began while the band had a rest. The prizes may not have been the expensive items we may have seen in the UK, and were predominantly packets of herbs, sweet bars and toothpicks, but the excitement was priceless, from the Bulgarians and the Brits (who won an embarrassing amount)
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There was another speech wishing the village a happy and healthy new year, then the dancing started again. I don't know where they get their energy! Dave was a little the worse for wear by this time and decided he would like a go at the dancing (not his forte!) He is tall so has long legs which refused to be controlled. But one of the men generously sent his daughter to try to sort him (and another Brit) out which she tried to do while he watched anxiously. The rest of the dancers split off to give them space, and all did their dance in a line. I managed to get a video to show Dave this morning and he was touched at how they had tried to help. The video is hilarious!
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The man in the white hair is the one who tried to help, Dave is the long lanky one!
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At the end the band played a couple of British songs at which time I had to leave to shut the chickens in. But it was a lovely experience, the villagers are generous in every way, with their patience, their drink (hic...)and their welcome of the newbies (us)

Sadly our lovely neighbours didn't show up, no idea why but no doubt we will find out when we go to their do next week.
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PostSubject: Re: Bulgarian cultural experience!   Bulgarian cultural experience! Icon_minitimeTue Dec 31, 2013 8:23 am

Sounds like you had fun Sara..I'd love to see that video!!!
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PostSubject: Re: Bulgarian cultural experience!   Bulgarian cultural experience! Icon_minitimeTue Dec 31, 2013 9:12 am

It was an amazingly emotional experience Bazz. The way we are made to feel so welcome and encouraged to join in. In the UK we lived in one street for years but only really communicated with two of our neighbours, and that was mainly because of our dogs! But we never socialised with them and though there were community events, we felt like outsiders if we attended. It's a lovely warm feeling to be included.

At the other end, a local person was rushed in to hospital in an emergency and rather than concentrating on reassuring his patient, the English neighbour was interrogated on why the British didn't want Bulgarians in their country. This is not the place for that discussion, but it is sad that the media have encouraged that thinking.
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PostSubject: Re: Bulgarian cultural experience!   Bulgarian cultural experience! Icon_minitimeTue Dec 31, 2013 10:08 am

It's a sad world we live in..interspersed by happy moments such as you described Sara. Too few of them and too far apart, these days.
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PostSubject: Re: Bulgarian cultural experience!   Bulgarian cultural experience! Icon_minitimeTue Dec 31, 2013 12:58 pm

Wonderful posts guys however, I think Nellie would like you to join her page below and put your blog on there. She will be so happy to get a response. Thank you so much

Our students created a web blog: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] You can learn more about our project idea, goals and objectives by reading the information on this blog. I invite all of you to share your Bulgarian stories with us
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PostSubject: Re: Bulgarian cultural experience!   Bulgarian cultural experience! Icon_minitimeTue Dec 31, 2013 2:34 pm

Ooops, sorry. Blame it on the fact I had a drink for the first time in ages...[url=http:
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PostSubject: Re: Bulgarian cultural experience!   Bulgarian cultural experience! Icon_minitimeTue Dec 31, 2013 2:43 pm

Equinus wrote:
Ooops, sorry. Blame it on the fact I had a drink for the first time in ages...[url=http:
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Now worries I am trying to work out how to join the blog if I CAN sort that out than I will join as Ourbulgarianform and everyone can add their blog there (assuming the our boss Ashley is ok with that) I will keep you updated. but keep adding on here and we can copy and past to the new blog thanks again have a few more drinks Eq loosen that toung Bulgarian cultural experience! 1536469901
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