Troyan Celebrates Rakia

There is a Rakia festival going on in the Bulgarian Town of Troyan and its municipality alongside the national exhibition Oreshak – This is sponsored and organised by “Vinprom Troyan”, JSC, National Community Centre and the local tourism council.

The celebration goes under the name of ‘Plump and Plump Rakia Holiday in Troyan’ and the National Exhibition in the starts at 10:00 on 19th September 2009 on Oreshak Village

Here is the Program of events

Oreshak village
- 10:00 AM – Official opening of the holiday in the National exhibition of crafts and arts in Oreshak village.
- Demonstration of traditional production of plump rakia from famous masters.
- Competition for best homemade plump rakia.
- Plump rakia bazaar.
- Theme festival “Rakias’ meeting”;
- Concert program with the special participation of local bands;

Troyan
- 6.00 PM – Festive defile from the bridge near Elma;
- Local cheerleaders;
- The local community centres;
- The community of the Troyan Jokers and Cards;
- Students from the national art high school;
- Groups from Gabrovo, Pirdop and Knezha;

Source: http://www.visitbulgaria.net