• Martenitsa
  Martenitsa
  Martenitsa is a small piece of adornment, made of white and red yarn and worn from March 1 until around the end of March . The name of the holiday is Baba Marta. "Baba" is the Bulgarian word for "grandmother" and Mart is the Bulgarian word for the month of March...
  
  , all of March
• Nestinari
• Kukeri
  Kukeri
  Kukeri is a traditional Bulgarian ritual to scare away evil spirits, with a costumed man performing the ritual. The costumes cover most of the body and include decorated wooden masks of animals and large bells attached to the belt...
  
  
• Koleda
  Koleda
  Kolyada or koleda is an ancient Slavic winter ritual celebrating the Old New Year. It was later incorporated into Christmas. The word is still used in modern Belarusian , Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian, Slovak...
  
   (Christmas
  Christmas
  Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
  
  ), Koledari
  Koledari
  Koledari is a term that refers to the orthodox Christmas carolers in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Ukraine. The name koledari comes from the Church Slavonic word for Christmas i.e. Koleda...
  
  
• Velikden (Easter
  Easter
  Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
  
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• Name Days
  Bulgarian Name Days
  Bulgarian Name Days are the Bulgarian expression of a custom practiced in most countries in which the Eastern Orthodox or Greek Orthodox religion is the official denomination....
  
  
• International Mother's Day, March 8
• Independence Day, March 3
• Sveti, Sveti Kiril i Metodii, May 24

External links

• Small booklet about Bulgarian customs, traditions and celebrations Free PDF booklet by Bulgaria Info-Online Magazine