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Bulgarians face down evil in winter festival
CGTN Europe
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15/01/2025
During the Surva festival, Bulgarian villagers dressed in colourful costumes dance around a bonfire to drive away evil spirits and bring in good health and a harvest for the New Year.
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During the Serva festival, Bulgarian villagers dressed in colourful costumes dance around
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a bonfire to drive away evil spirits and bring in good health and a harvest for the new year.
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Serva is held every January in villages across Bulgaria and is a mixture of Christian and
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pagan rituals that can be traced back for generations.
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The dancers are known as cervikas or kukas and some wear handmade wooden masks which
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can be up to 2 metres high.
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