Original artwork description:

ORIGINAL GRIGOR VELEV ARTWORK !!!

2020, "Kukeri" - oil painting, ready to hang

This original oil painting is one of the latest artworks of the talented contemporary Bulgarian artist Grigor Velev, deeply inspired by realism and folk art. It represents a couple of people dressed in Bulgarian national traditional folk costumes.
Kukeri are elaborately costumed Bulgarian men, and sometimes women, who perform traditional rituals intended to scare away evil spirits. Closely related traditions are found throughout the Balkans and Greece (including Romania and the Pontus). The costumes cover most of the body and include decorated wooden masks of animals (sometimes double-faced) and large bells attached to the belt. Around New Year and before Lent, the kukeri walk and dance through villages to scare away evil spirits with their costumes and the sound of their bells. They are also believed to provide a good harvest, health, and happiness to the village during the year. The kukeri traditionally visit peoples' houses at night so that "the sun would not catch them on the road."[citation needed] After parading around the village they usually gather at the village square to dance wildly and amuse the people. Kukeri rituals vary by region but remain largely the same in essence.

✧Artist: Grigor Velev

✧Size (height, width): 15.8 x 19.7 inches (40 x 50 cm)

✧Materials: Oil Paint, Canvas, Wood

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Materials used:

Oil Paint

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#people #figurative #couple #friends #traditional #spirit #ethnic #folklore #folk #devil #tribal #costumes #bulgarian #sentinel #kuker