Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

44 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2020

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.

Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

44 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2020

Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual
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.
Producers ARTE, MDR, Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion
Original title Die Feuertänzer aus dem Strandscha-Gebirge
Directors Sibylle Smolka
Writers Sibylle Smolka

Cast

Stefan Kaminski

as Narrator