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HISTORY AND TRADITIONS - go backLong a crossroads of civilizations (archaeological finds date back to 4600 B.C.), Bulgaria was first recognized as an independent state in 681AD. Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity, which became a hallmark of national identity, was established in the 9th century. Bulgaria was ruled by the Byzantine Empire from 1018 to 1185 and the Ottoman Empire from 1396 to 1878. In 1879, Bulgaria adopted a democratic constitution and invited a German nobleman, Alexander of Battenburg, to be prince. When Alexander abdicated in 1885, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha became prince. In 1908 he proclaimed himself King.
History has allotted Bulgaria a difficult and dramatic face. Much has perished, but even more has remained - a rich spiritual world which boasts the colours, rhythms and melodious songs of living Bulgarian folklore, the unfading beauty of Bulgarian arts and crafts, the gaiety and vivacity of Bulgarian festivals and customs, the wonderful taste of Bulgarian cuisine and the delicate fragrance of Bulgarian wines.
ARTS AND CRAFTS The aesthetic principle of the Bulgarian masters, inherited the traditions of ancient Thracians, stems from the admiration of nature and is expressed in the attempt to resemble it. They create art out of any material - wood and clay, wool and copper, silk and silver. The desire for beauty that has let them through the millennia first grew up at home. Applied crafts have gradually increased and emerged from the narrow domestic frame and become an art which breed’s art. At the end of the 14th century arts and crafts in Bulgaria amounted to about 50.
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