the horo stops for nothing.

yesterday i attended my first bulgarian wedding. like most villagers i wasn't actually invited to the wedding but just showed up on the village square to dance. this is the norm in the village because the expense of food is so great; families usually invite a selected few to dinner and the rest of the villagers show up in the morning and evening to dance. the video below is the traditional bulgarian dance called the хоро [horo]. there are many variations but the constants are holding hands, dancing in a circle, and dancing for hours. we danced from five until nine. we did not break for cars but we did break when the cows and goats came home from grazing. they walked right through the circle of dancers with no regard for the bride's feelings leaving a trail of poop on their way. dancing became a little trickier after that with the added obstacle of cow diarrhea to hop over. april and may are the wedding months in the village because the summer is reserved for work and more work. there is another wedding next week in the village. look for me on the village square.