site.btaNational Assembly Chair Kiselova Attends First Sredna Gora Folklore Festival

National Assembly Chair Nataliya Kiselova welcomed the guests and organizers of the first folklore festival, titled "Sredna Gora Blooms, Srednogorovo Sings Songs", taking place on Saturday in the Kazanlak village of Srednogorovo. “Let us continue to maintain traditions and preserve customs, because what brings us together is family, relatives and the beloved native village,” she said.

Kiselova thanked guests for the warm welcome. "I think that those who come to Srednogorovo for the first time will be impressed," she pointed out. And she wished the residents of the settlement to continue in the same spirit.

On behalf of Kazanlak Municipality Mayor Galina Stoyanova, as well as on behalf of all residents of Srednogorovo, the Mayor of the village Iliyan Iliev presented Kiselova with a gilded rose to decorate her office and the National Assembly, as well as souvenirs to remind her that on this day she was in their hometown.

The organizers recalled the motto of the folklore event: “We welcome guests, we part with friends", and Kiselova visited the charity culinary exhibition and visited the local church St. George the Victorious, which is currently being renovated. The restoration of the frescoes and part of the iconostasis took a long time, and now the main part of the iconostasis is to be restored so that the church can be used fully, she explained to journalists. The frescoes in the church are the work of the most famous Kazanlak icon painters from the early 19th century, Petyo Ganin.

The festival was created at the initiative of ​​community centre secretary Boryana Ilieva on the occasion of the  the temple holiday of the local church St. George the Victorious. Over 400 participants from the town of Kran and the villages of the region Rozovo, Yasenovo, Golyamo Dryanovo, Buzovgrad, Kanchevo, Gorno and Dolno Izvorovo, Nova Mahala, Gorno Cherkovishte, Tarnicheni, as well as from the village of Dzhuliunitsa, Lyaskovets municipality, took part in the event. The festival presented the entire palette of Bulgarian folklore with songs, dances and various customs.