Radost Folk Ensemble - The Radost Folk Ensemble presenting since 1976 the music, song and dance of Eastern Europe, including Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, with the splendor of authentic costumes, live music on traditional instruments, vitality and joy.
Bulgari Folk Ensemble - Known for its innovative, fast-paced, virtuoso performances of dance songs and instrumental tunes in Bulgaria's famous additive meters, as well as its renditions of the highly ornamented, nonmetric songs of eastern Bulgaria.
Balkan Ensemble Hajde - The ensemble plays Bulgarian - Macedonian music on traditional folk instruments.
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Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
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Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.
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