KOLEDARI FROM YAMBOL - BULGARIA 1994 year WITH MANAGER TSVETAN ANDREEV

The Yambol Buenek dates back to the beginning of the last century and is held every year on the Nativity of Christ. A specific feature of this unique custom are the unique dancing carolers of their kind in Bulgaria. There are similar varieties bound to others
holidays from the ritual Bulgarian calendar, but this one remains the most established for Yambol
Christmas tradition. Buenek or buenets is a Bulgarian folk custom performed in Eastern Bulgaria. It is performed for health and fertility, and its name comes from the nature of the dance that is performed - a boisterous dance, a fast-tumbling dance. There are several varieties of the tradition at different times and in different parts of Bulgaria,the most established of them being the Yambol Christmas Buenek, distinguished by the unique dancing carolers in Bulgaria. The dance
buenek is borrowed from the Lazarus dances, being further adapted for male performance, representing a rite of passage for adolescents into manhood.
"This is precisely the male power, the male principle, it coincides with the birth of Christ and
the new, they must show the new power that arises and which enlightens the people"