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Skiing with folk costumes and national flags in Pamporovo

Photo: Radostina Chernokova

For yet another year, on March 3, the largest and most patriotic ski descent will take place in the resort of Pamporovo in the Rhodopes. The participants will be dressed in national costumes and waving Bulgarian flags, BNR Kardzhali reports. 

The gathering of the participants starts at 11 a.m. at Snezhanka Peak and at 11:30 a.m. they will descend to "Studenets". At 12 o'clock, the Bulgarian national anthem will be played there, and then folk dances will follow.



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