Bulgarian Kukeri Dancers

Bulgarian Kukeri honors ancestral ways at annual feasts Descendants don wooden masks and faces of bird or beasts Filled with metaphoric meaning, meant to inspire fertility Also purposely pointing out a young man’s oncoming virility. There are many reasons for Kukeri which diverts the evil eye. Location and region enter into the discrepancies of the where and why. As the dancers invite good in while they chase negativity out. Fantastical masks and elaborate costumes dancing round about. Bells ringing the truth of the Kukeri customs in Bulgaria style. Come stand by me, you can see them for a country mile. Invoking fertility of animals, people, as well as a popular crop. This is an ancient Bulgarian custom that surely will never stop.