Typical Bulgarian culinary in art and literature

1. Typical Bulgarian culinary in art and literature Presentation

2. Bulgarian cuisine in art • We connect the word “cuisine” with the art of cooking. Many Bulgarian artists use the Bulgarian cuisine to represent the traditional folklore in their movies, paints and stage plays.

3. Family union in Bulgarian art ZlatyuBoyadjiev is a famous Bulgarian painter. He was born on October 22, 1903 in the village of Brezovo, district of Plovdiv. ZlatyuBoyadjiev’s circular multi figure composition is named “Na trapezata” ( “On the Table” ). The circle is a symbol of united family, which is showed on the painting.

4. Vine harvest in Bulgarian art • Anton Mitov was born on April 1,1862 in StaraZagora,Bulgaria. He is famous Bulgarian painter, art historian, critic and public figure. His painting “Returning from vine harvest” shows traditional process of making wine- vine harvest.

5. Bulgarian wedding and the people around the big tables Part of the movie “Vreme razdelno” showin typical Bulgarian wedding and its traditions. DOUBLE CLICK……

6. Typical cuisine in literature • Often food and literature are seen as two polarities - one side is the food that serves the body and is associated with the physical, the material, and the other is the literature related to spirituality and the world of knowledge. Yet it is interesting to note some expressions that relate food to literature – for a book,which we enjoyed we say "I ate it with the cover" or "swallowed her at once", while literature and art in general is often referred to as "food of the spirit."

7. Not so pleasant manners of literature characters • Bai Ganyo a literary hero of the writer AlekoKonstantinov and protagonist in his series of satirical feuilletons. Image of food present in various episodes of the feuilleton in different ways - from impersonal "breakfast and wine" ,"bread and cheese" to far more tempting "soup- chorba", "fried fish" and "fish mayonnaise" "roast pig", "cake", etc. Extraordinariness of food has great significance for the character.

8. Traditions of eating “Chorbadji Marco and his family” –illustration • Under the Yoke (Pod Igoto) is a novel by Ivan Vazov written in 1888.In the first chapter of the novel(A visitor) we can see typical Bulgarian dinner- “On a delightful evening in May, Chorbadji Marco, bareheaded and in dressing gown and slippers, was sitting at supper with his family on the courtyard.” An old Bulgarian tradition says that after eating on the table you have to thank God for the food, so deeply pious and devout Marco makes his accusation: "Avrame, you get up from the table, without thanking God for the dinner, protestant!" And in the chapter “In the house of pop Stavri“ the pop blesses the dinner.

9. Temptation of Bulgarian cuisine • Temptation of Bulgarian cuisine is also often mentioned in the literature. An example is the story of ElinPelin - "Baked Pumpkin.“In the story the main character,DushkoDobrodushko, refuses to try the pumpkin over his shyness. But not long after, the delicious pumpkin appears constantly in his thoughts and dreams. Dushko can not concentrate and think straight until he tastes the dish.

10. Made by Zornitsa Karidkova