On this day in 2015, the Surova folk feast from the region of Pernik was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the UNESCO website writes. Surova is a ritual banishing evil forces to cleanse..
The 28 th International Festival of Masquerade Games Surva begins today in the town of Pernik (Southwest Bulgaria). The festival will be opened with a torch procession and a concert programme of foreign groups Friends without Borders. Surva is..
January means Surva, the residents of the Bulgarian city of Pernik say. This is so, because each year on the last Saturday and Sunday of January the city plays host to the International Festival of Masquerade Games Surva. The 28 th edition of the..
A record number of people will take part in the 28 th edition of the Surva International masquerade games in Pernik, January 25-27. 121 groups of survakari and kukeri have applied so far, 17 of them from abroad. Interest in the festival has..
The 26th edition of the Surva – Pernik, 2017 International Folklore Festival of Masquerade Games will be held on January 27, 28 and 29. The town has been a member of the Federation of European Carnival Cities since 1995. Masquerade groups..
