Customs before the wedding

From "Once upon a time - manners and worldview of the Bulgarians" It was believed that when the young man carols and the girl lazaroves, they are already ready for marriage and starting a family. Contrary to expectations, Bulgarian maidens and bachelors had the freedom to see each other, to choose each other, to appreciate each other. People on holidays, meetings, gatherings are...

Eight of the most common embroidery designs

From "Once upon a time - manners and worldview of the Bulgarians" Here are some of the most common symbols woven into clothes and carpets SCISSORS - ENGAGEMENT Scissors are the main sign of family and clan symbols. Scissors in Bulgarian means a branch, a sign of the masculine and feminine, of the divine and the earthly. Scissors interprets the two parts of the rhombus...

Family hierarchy and the friendship trap

author: Lilia Boneva FB page: Blessed by the root One of the biggest traps is friendship: * between parents and children * between partners in marriage * between relatives There is NO friendship in the family - there is order and hierarchy. Friendship does not require responsibilities and is a completely different type of relationship. Every single individual in the lineage system is on…