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Karlovo hosts Festival of Roses

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The Rose Festival has gathered today in Karlovo hundreds of tourists and guests. Tour groups from Germany, Italy, Poland and Japan observed the traditional rose-picking ritual in the gardens of the neighborhood Sushitsa where this year's Queen of Roses, 17-year-old Marina Svilenova, took part in the ritual. The day continued with demonstrations on making rose oil in the Historical Museum and tasting of products from roses - brandy, liqueurs and jam.




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