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 ...

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 ...

Emilia Pechinkova, a Bulgarian Pomak, stands still as the last touches of a face painting ceremony take place before her wedding in Draginovo, 60 miles southeast of Sofia, on April 22. Bulgaria's ...

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.

The marriage of Nefie Eminkova, 21, and her fiance Schaban Kiselov, 24, is an extravaganza of bright colours, flowers, feasting and dancing.

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.