Public lecture on March 16 in the Historical Museum: "Lazarovden - Tradition and Contemporaryity"

The educational program of RHM-Burgas continues this Friday, March 16, with the lecture "Lazar's Day - Tradition and Modernity". Author is Plamena Kirova - Chief Curator of the Ethnographic Exposition.

Lazarovden is the most cheerful, the most poetic and the most popular Bulgarian folk custom. One week before Easter, the the young maidens put up garments, wrapped willow twigs, and ... walk around the houses. In Burgas region, due to the presence of several ethnographic groups, the Lazarovden is varied and colorful, as are the variegated maiden costumes. This year, the celebration Lazarovden is on March 31 (Saturday) and will be celebrated traditionally in the yard of the Ethnographic Museum.

The public lectures are every Friday at 16.00 hours in the Exhibition Hall of the Historical Museum in Burgas (31 Lermontov Str. - entrance from Georgi Kirkov Str.).

The entrance fee for the lectures is preferential. The price for adults is 2 leva and for students and pensioners - 1 leva.

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