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Rose Oil

Preparation of rose eclisir

Rose Festival is one of the most the gardens. After that everybody
remarkable celebrations in the is invited to join at the “horo”
town of Karlovo, which takes (Bulgarian national dance).
place in May, dedicated to beauty From the gardens, the festival is
and flowers, to the spring and the transferred to the city center, where
fragrance of the precious Bulgarian a choirs and groups perform their
rose. The tradition of celebrating songs and tourists can walk among
the roses goes back to the early them, to listen and to take pictures.
years of the XX century and With colorful procession Queen
continues to this day. During the of Roses enters the city center
day of celebration, the town is filled followed by folklore groups.
with beauty and humor, dances On the “Alley of the Roses” locals
and songs with irresistible aroma
of Her Majesty - the Rose. The present crafts and industries
celebration begins with rose picking associated with the rose. The
ritual in the gardens around the celebration continues with a
city with folklore music of bagpipe demonstration of rose boiling in
orchestra while young people in the Historical Museum where
national costumes demonstrate tourists get to know the process
the gathering of rose petals. The through which the fragrant flower
guests are greeted with bread and becomes the worldwide famous
salt according to the old traditions. rose oil. Authentic dishes from the
The Queen of Roses appears eighteenth century are used during
and greets all the guests and the process. Guests try rose liquor
invites them to pick roses from and rose jam.
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