ETHNOGRAPHY /page 5/


   The specialists from this department organise, hold and take part in the following events:
    - annual complex expeditions for investigating the cultural heritage from 1981 to 1987, and in 1991.
     - thematic expeditions - The historical and ethnocultural aspects of the so called "haidout" (rebel) movement in the region of Sliven i 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003.

   - field research of the specifics of the traditional culture in the region of Sliven and its place in the contemporary cultural processes.
   As a result of their research work the specialists published papers on:
    - crafts in the Sliven region
    - clothing and materials in the Sliven region
    - festive and ritual system
    - ritual folklore -folklore and history
    - folklore and the modern times


    Two specialists - and ethnologist and a specialist in folklore - work in this section.

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