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Public holidays include New Year (1 and 2 January), Liberation Day (3 March), Cyrillic Alphabet Day (24 May) and Christmas (25 and 26 December).
Trifon Zarezan on 14 February is the ancient festival of the wine growers. Vines are pruned and sprinkled with wine to ensure a bounteous harvest.
On 1 March Bulgarians give one another martenitsi, red and white tasselled threads which are worn for health and happiness at the coming of spring. When wearers see their first stork of the season, the martenitsa is tied to the nearest tree.
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1 January - New Year’s Holiday |
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3 March - National Holiday /Bulgaria’s Liberation from the Ottoman Empire/ (Holiday from March 3-6) |
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1 May - Labour Day |
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April – May - Easter |
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6 May - Gergyovden (St. George’s Day) and Bulgarian Army Day |
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24 May - Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day (Holiday from May 21-24) |
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6 September - Unification Day (Holiday from September 3-6) |
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22 September - Independence Day (Holiday from September 22-25) |
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1 November - National Day of the Bulgarian Enlighteners (For educational institutions only) |
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25,26December - ChristmasDays |
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