(Images: ©Dana Cojbuc)
Red and white are everywhere in Sofia and even if you have never heard of ‘мартеница’, and you are in Bulgaria on 1 March, it’s not to be missed
Translation: Sarah Truesdale
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03/03/09
Tags : Villes, Culture, Bulgarie, europe on the ground, Sofia, Photographie, traditions, villes.
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