БЕЛОГРАДЧИШКИ ЕЖЕДНЕВЕН ИЛЮСТРОВАН ЛИСТ

Editor: B.V. Toshev

 

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ToC: Venets, Volume 5, Number 1, 2014

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LITERARY SECTION

V. Kachev. May Nights: A Time for Poetry [In Bulgarian] (p. 5)

All the poems, presented in this collection, are created in May 2014 by Valentin Kachev, a known poet and writer, Valentin Kachev was born in Belogradchik. Most of his creative writings are a product of his recollections and impressions from this wonderful town. 

 

ARCHIVES SECTION

S. Chilingirov. Travel Notes and Impressions (1929) [In Bulgarian] (p. 28)

In 1929 the Ministry of Education published “Travel Notes and Impressions” by Stilian Chilingirov. Here a part of this book is republished in its journal version. Belogradchik with its surroundings and famous rocks is in the focus of this selected text. In the past, Stilian Chilingirov (1881-1962) was an eminent writer and publicist, now entirely forgotten.

 

RESEARCH SECTION

B.V. Toshev. Bulgarian Inscription on an Ottoman Fortress [In Bulgarian] (p. 59)

One of the biggest Ottoman fortresses – the fortress of Belogradchik – was labeled by a stone in Bulgarian. This stone was first described by brothers’ Škorpil in 1892. No answer the question why that inscription was in the rayah language.

 

N. Nikolov. A Politics of Space and the Historical Transformation of Individuals: A Case Study of Bulgaria (p. 65)

This study focuses on non-discursive practices connected to the transformation of individuals in the context of Bulgaria. It constitutes an attempt at presenting a decentred history of the present through the vantage point of the architecture of the panel block. Under totalitarianism, the panel block constitutes an institutionalization of a specific politics of space in Bulgaria through which it is shown that the ‘socialist citizen’ becomes an entity that can be constructed or made. During the last years of the regime and after the transition to democracy, the functioning of power relations within the pan-el block are significantly altered, yet not completely erased. The revolution of 1989 is a symbiosis between a certain discontinuity with the past and a contradiction of the old forms of subjectivities, and on the other, a silent continuity of the everyday lives of individuals. Today, the panel structures remain, in the peripheries of the cities, still reminiscent of a time passed, yet visually signifying a new representation, a façade of the contemporary Bulgarian reality. The panel block is a ‘microcosm’ of the Bulgarian society.

 

F. Petkovski. The Women’s Ritual Processions “Lazarki” in Macedonia (p. 107)

This work reviews an interesting appearance of ritual processions on the Balkan Peninsula that has succeeded to maintain and keep the practice through vast period of transformations, changes and cultural developments. The women’s processions “Lazarki” (Лазарки in original or “Lazarici”, “Lazorki”, “Lazarinki”, “Lazarenki”, “Lazara” depending of the ethnic regions in Macedonia, appear as one of the most famous ritual practices in Macedonia that have maintained to survive their tradition even today. As a most adequate term, I will simply use the name “Lazarki”. These women’s ritual processions are famous in most of the countries on the Balkan such as Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania etc. performed by a group of girls that use a certain text or melody, as well as dancing or theatre elements as a basic and inextricable element (Maletic, 1986). The ritual is performed in motion while the girls are singing ritual songs or doing a ritual dance while traveling throughout the village or performing in the yard of a family that they have come to bless. The basic factor for this performance is the moment through which the ritual procession contributes towards the overall goods of the family, and as return, the group is rewarded with gifts such as food, clothing or money. 

 

APPENDIX

Belogradchik in Art (Ivan Hristov) (p. 128)

 

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Списанието излезе от печат на 26 юни 2014 г. То бе изпратено за рефериране и индексиране в Лунд – Университетът в Лунд (Швеция) осигурява присъствието му в около 650 университетски и публични библиотеки в света. На 27 юни тази книжка на “Венец” бе индексирана и реферирана:

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Manchester, 27 June 2014 B.V. Toshev