Scientists Folklorists will Acquaint Pupils with the Traditions on St. Lazar’s Day
Институт за етнология и фолклористика с етнографски музейPupils from 4th primary school "Prof. John Atanasoff” in Sofia will visit, on April 18th, the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum (IEFSEM). They will learn about the main features of St. Lazar’s holiday - its place and meaning in the spring maiden ritual; about the various actions that make up the preparation and the actual feast; about the specific elements in the clothing of the lazarki; about the ritual jewelry and utensils used, etc. Children will learn all this from archival videos from different regions of the country which are stored at the National Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage at IEFSEM - BAS as well as from artifacts in the museum's representative exposition. Having been collected for decades by researchers at [...]