Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maren Ade’s Cannes Film Festival competition film “Toni Erdmann” has been one of the sales and critical hits of the festival, ...

“Kukeri” ’s opening shots are as breathtaking as they are strange. In an office space, hulking figures with tall, cylindrical heads stand motionless, almost brushing against the ceiling. They are ...

EXCLUSIVE: Mammoth Pictures has inked a deal out of Cannes with the Bulgarian production company Bazuka to exclusively develop and produce a narrative feature take on the cultural tradition ...

“If you ever saw [the kukeri], they’re just too amazing,” says Gerald Creed, an anthropology professor at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. “They monopolize the senses. You can’t look away ...

In the rural (farming) villages of Bulgaria, the "Kukeri" is a important masked ritual, carried forward from the Thracians. They dance in the last days of the winter, just before nature comes back to ...

In many Bulgarian towns and villages, winter is punctuated by the ancient Kukeri ritual, which is carried out to drive away the presence of evil. As with many cultural traditions passed down through ...

If you happen to be in Bulgaria in the first months of the year, you have the unique opportunity to enjoy one of the most popular spring traditions in the country - the Kukeri ritual. Kukeri is a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Mammoth Pictures has inked a deal out of Cannes with the Bulgarian production company Bazuka to exclusively develop and ...

Maren Ade’s Cannes Film Festival competition film “Toni Erdmann” has been one of the sales and critical hits of the festival, selling to Sony Pictures Classics among others, and attracting positive ...