This photo of me and two of my best tenth form students was taken at my school's Janga Jil or New Year's celebration in Tashkomur Town, the Kyrgyz Republic. Janga Jil is one of the biggest holidays celebrated there. Everyone dresses up and...
New Year's Eve celebration in the center of Nedelino, Bulgaria. Basically, the whole town gets together, sings, and dances a giant horo dance. A horo dance is a traditional Bulgarian dance.
The picture was taken in the home of my host family on New Year's Eve, 2001. The picture is taken in front of the decorated tree with the two children of my host family, This picture accompanies the story I submitted about the events of that...
After visiting my host family for Christmas 2004, my now-husband and I were thinking about what to do for New Year's Eve. He remembered his grandfather was from a village nearby, deep in the Balkan mountains, and we decided to catch the bus there...