Bango Vasil Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/tag/bango-vasil/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:18:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Bango Vasil Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/tag/bango-vasil/ 32 32 Bulgaria, Bango Vasil, and Politics https://rroma.org/bulgaria-bango-vasil-and-politics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-bango-vasil-and-politics Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:18:45 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26777 The leader of the MRF and the PG of “DPS – New Beginning” Delyan Peevski congratulated Roma for the Bango […]

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]]> The leader of the MRF and the PG of “DPS – New Beginning” Delyan Peevski congratulated Roma for the Bango Vasil (or Vasilica), the old New Year according to the orthodox calendar, which is celebrated by all Roma in Bulgaria. He said: “I congratulate all Roma on the biggest Roma holiday Bango Vasil or also called Vasilitsa”. And he added: “Be healthy, be worthy Bulgarian citizens and know that you are not second-class people and I will continue to fight for a decent life for all people in Bulgaria. Believe in the new beginning and be confident that the best is yet to come! Happy Bango Vasil!”

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]]> Bango Vasil in Bulgaria https://rroma.org/bango-vasil-in-bulgaria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bango-vasil-in-bulgaria Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:17:42 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26771 Bulgarian Police and gendarmerie were stationed at the entrances of several settlements in the Sliven region. The Roma neighbourhood in […]

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]]> Bulgarian Police and gendarmerie were stationed at the entrances of several settlements in the Sliven region. The Roma neighbourhood in Sliven was sealed by the police and a checkpoint set up  in the Sliven “Nadezhda” neighbourhood. It was for a special operation aimed at combating drug trafficking and domestic crime. Public order was also being monitored on the eve of the Bango Vasil holiday which the article deems to be the Roma New Yea which is in fact the old new year according to the orthodox calendar.

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