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"Friday, thirteenth" is not a bad combination! On the contrary, if coupled with the holiday Vassilitsa, the thirteenth day of January on Friday will bring new hopes and new bridges!

For the eighth consecutive year, on January 13, 2017, students from dozens of schools nationwide participating in the program "Every student will be a winner" will organize celebrations on the occasion of Vasilitsa - the Roma New Year under the slogan "To rebuild the bridges between us." They will be received by Vice President Popova, ambassadors of USA, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, Denmark, India, South Africa, from MPs, ministers and deputy ministers. Information about events in Sofia see here.

Events will be organized throughout the country. See here.

Vassilitsa celebrations are organized for the eighth consecutive year by Amalipe with participation of hundreds of schools, community groups and youth clubs. Why Vassilitsa and what we aim to achieve, organizing these national public celebrations of this otherwise family holiday, celebrated only by certain groups and in certain regions, we explained in an article from three years ago: http://www.amalipe.com/index. php? nav = news & id = 1839 & lang = 2 Motivation and our goals have not changed: we want to affirm Vassilitsa as the Day of the Roma culture to show that Roma are a nation that keeps and develops ancient cultural traditions that contributes to the cultural treasure of Bulgaria and Europe who builds bridges to other peoples and cultures. We would also intend to show that Roma culture and identity evolve and modernize.