Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

Name: Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 44 min
Cast: Stefan Kaminski

Movie

StarringStefan Kaminski

DirectorSybille Smolka

WriterSybille Smolka

NR 44 minDocumentary

Plot

Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special ritual. Initiated ‘nestinari’ go into a music-induced trance and dance on bonfires in a display of religious passion.

Movie Details Full Cast & Crew

Movie Details

Original Language:German

Production Companies:MDR, ARTE, Telekult

folklore folk music bulgaria folk festival bulgarian traditions fire dance

Cast & Crew

Stefan Kaminski

as Narrator

Thomas Henk Henkel

Cinematography

Clara Kirstin Geller

Editor

Gero von Schneider-Marientreu

Sound

Kai Hoffmann

Mixing Engineer

Domingo Stephan

Color Grading

Beate Andorff

Production Supervisor