Kalinushka at the pumpkin festival in Durankulak and the food festival in Izvorsko
In October, the group presented Cossack songs and dishes at two festivals in Dobruja and the Varna region.
KAZASHKO · 26 October 2025 · retold here on 27 September 2026
On 18 October 2025, the Kalinushka vocal group of the Mikhail Sholokhov – 1958 community centre (chitalishte) took part in the pumpkin festival in Durankulak with Cossack songs and pumpkin treats. The hosts were their colleagues from the Druzhba community centre.
On St Demetrius' Day (Dimitrovden), 26 October, the group was at the food festival for amateur performers from different ethnic groups in Izvorsko, organised by the Pregradka association. “We've got used to grabbing first place”, the community centre wrote. Their motto was “Vmeste my sila” (“Together we are strong”).
This item is retold in English from a Bulgarian-language post by the Mikhail Sholokhov – 1958 community centre on Facebook ↗.