Over the past decade, the incomparable sound of the various women's choirs from Bulgaria has become a familiar element in the world music arena. For Bulgarian Women's Choir, Virtuosity Serves the ...

The skirts are modeled on traditional Bulgarian dress. In the past, bent sticks were used to create pleats designed to warm the bodies of women who worked in the fields.

It was near closing time at a Washington, D.C., restaurant, and Kathryn Mitchell was totally captivated. While home for the summer from college, Mitchell worked at a restaurant owned by a ...

In Bulgaria, the women work, run families, look after children, husbands and, increasingly, the country. This participation is not a result of formal quotas or any form of positive discrimination.

On a hill on the edge of the festival, Evgeni Chakarov says the event is “the most Bulgarian thing in Bulgaria.” His uniform, pieced together over several years, cost him around $2,000, he says.