Kazanlak News June, 2011

2011/06/05 19:34:34

Simona Petkova is this year's Queen Rose in Kazanlak

Following the tradition Kazanlak welcomed tourists form all over the world for the Rose festival. The festival started with the “”Rose picking” ritual nearby the Enina village near Kazanlak.

The culmination of the festival was the traditional carnival, lead by the mayor of the town and Queen Rose – Simona Petkova and Queen Grasse from France. The ambassadors of Japan, Germany, Great Britain, China, South Korea, Moldova, Gruzia,...

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2011/06/03 14:05:01

The Rose Festival was celebrated for the first time in 1903. Today is the 108 anniversary of the festival.

Traditional rituals like rose picking and rose boiling in the rose valley are part of the program and this year. There will be also concerts, exhibitions, Queen Rose competition and festive procession.

Official guests of the Rose Fest are people from friendly towns in Hungary, Romania,...

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