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News channel or source: https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgaria-traditional-masquerade-festival/32245656.html
Published on: Sunday 29 January 2023
The "Surva" International Festival of Masquerade Games attracted visitors from across Europe to the Bulgarian city of Pernik. The three-day event, which started on January 27, is part of traditional ...
News Bulgaria » Pernik » Travel: Bulgaria: Pernik hosts Europe's biggest winter masquerade
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/bulgaria-pernik-hosts-europe-s-biggest-winter-masquerade/vi-AA1V8iVs
Published on: Tuesday 27 January 2026
Marking six decades, Pernik's Surva International Festival of Masquerade Games opens with 13,000 survakari from Bulgaria and abroad, featuring two weekends of parades (Jan 17-18, 24-25) under UNESCO ...
News Bulgaria » Pernik » Travel: Revel in the Ornate Majesty of This Pagan Festival
News channel or source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/bulgaria-surva-kukeri-festival
Published on: Monday 30 January 2017
During the last weekend of January, the industrial town of Pernik, Bulgaria, is flooded with color and celebration for the annual Surva festival. The event, officially called the International ...