Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual [Die Feuertänzer aus dem Strandscha-Gebirge]
- Release Year
- 2020
- Runtime
- 44m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Directed By
- Sibylle Smolka
Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special ritual. Initiated ‘nestinari’ go into a music-induced trance and dance on bonfires in a display of religious passion.