Anastenaria
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The Anastenaria is a traditional barefoot firewalking ritual with ecstatic dance performed in some villages in Northern Greece and Southern Bulgaria. The communities which celebrate this ritual are de
Firewalkers in Bulgaria
Kosti, Burgas Province
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Kosti is a village in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Tsarevo Municipality, Burgas Province. It is located on the banks of the Veleka River in the Strandzha mountains not far from the Turkish border, 2
Anastenaria
…is done indoors. According to some myths the custom originated in the Middle Ages when the church of Saint Constantine in their original home in Kosti, now in Bulgaria, caught fire, and the voices of the saints calling for help could be heard from inside. The villagers who braved the flames to rescue…
The church in Kosti (1909)
Old wooden house in Kosti
Veleka sinemorets mouth dinev