Biala Slatina in Pictures

I lived in Biala Statina for 10 of my 11 weeks of pre-service training. These are some shots of the downtown and the chitalishte (cultural center) during the May 24th celebration of the creation of the Bulgarian alphabet. The Cyrillic alphabet was first created in Bulgaria by two brothers, Cyril and Methodius. Almost every town in Bulgaria has a chitalishte where there are classes offered for the community, art shows, and other events. Horo is traditional Bulgarian dance, and there are horo dancers at every official event.