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Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual
Sibylle Smolka

Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

  • Documentary
RELEASE

2020-01-01

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

44 min

Description

Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special ritual. Initiated ‘nestinari’ go into a music-induced trance and dance on bonfires in a display of religious passion.