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Boys dressed as kukeri from Chargan village perform plowing, which, along with sowing, is the culmi-nation of the spring ritual in the country’s southeast, a region associated with Thracians and farming. Two characters harness themselves to the plow to make furrows. The symbolic act is tied to boosting fertility—for people, animals, and crops.

Boys dressed as kukeri from Chargan village perform plowing, which, along with sowing, is the culmi-nation of the spring ritual in the country’s southeast, a region associated with Thracians and farming. Two characters harness themselves to the plow to make furrows. The symbolic act is tied to boosting fertility—for people, animals, and crops.

Date

7 May 2022

Address

8 str. Sioni

Gallery

I. Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum, Karvasla

Opening time

18:00

Ivo Danchev - Between two worlds

National Geographic Georgia

Shortly after the euphoria around the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations in Bulgaria, it is now time for one of Europe’s most magnificent masked celebrations that’s designated a UNESCO cultural heritage, processions of masked dancers. Bulgaria’s kukeri dancers (mummers) dress in costumes made of animal hair, don scary masks and belts with oversized bells and travel across the country to drive away evil spirits. This is one of the most mystical Bulgarian customs, and the most colorful one! Bulgarian photographer Ivo Danchev, who has worked for National Geographic for years, has dedicated a special project to Bulgaria’s kukeri called “Between two worlds”.