Grandmother Plague: Tales from Bulgaria
Sun, 09 Feb
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‘The village began to burn, from its four corners. It did not burn from fire, but it burned from illness. From illness, from the black plague.’ The Plague, Baba Chuma, in Bulgarian mythology an old woman searching for the people that she must strike. Here are some of the stories of those people.
Time & Location
09 Feb 2025, 19:30 – 21:00 GMT
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About the Event
A young woman must marry across nine villages to the tenth; a place far away for the old bones of her mother to visit. As the mother laments for the daughter she will lose to far off lands, a greater loss occurs - the plague comes to the village. A mythic tragedy about the illness, loss, and fate.
The plague does not take lovers, she is merciful towards love some say. Yet, sometimes she is not.
'You are beautiful Rada, the Plague told her,
Beautiful, but stupid.
Whilst I strike your betrothed Stoyan,
Nine more shepherds will pass. And the tenth - young Stoyan.
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