The lamprey collections of the National Museum of Natural History – Sofia and the Regional History Museum – Ruse were examined in order to determine the species composition of the family Petromyzontidae in Bulgaria. In contrast to the four species of lampreys reported in the scientific literature as being present in Bulgaria, i.e. Lampetra fluviatilis, L. planeri, Eudontomyzon danfordi, and E. mariae, only the latter species was determined in the Bulgarian material. The distribution of this species in Bulgaria is restricted to the Danube River basin. The occurrence of E. hellenicus in the Bulgarian segment of the Struma River basin is anticipated in all probability. The species composition of lampreys inhabiting the streams emptying directly into the Black Sea remains to be investigated.
The paper discusses handicraft production in Bulgaria from the 19th century until now. It uses a model case of the area of Eastern Rhodopes which is located in south-eastern Bulgaria. In the field of handicraft production, Bulgarian ethnology traditionally distinguishes domestic production and specialized craft. More recent literature also characterizes domestic production. However, in the Balkan folk culture, these forms of handicraft production were not strictly separated. The paper focuses on the most important manufacturing sectors which are typical for the region: breeding of silkworms, processing of wool and goat hair, wood, natural netting, coal and pottery. Traditional production has been declining in the territory of today’s Bulgaria with the penetration of European factory products since the 19th century, but in a greater extent since the beginning and mainly mid-20th century with the development of
factory production - that means it was relatively later than in our country (particularly with regard to textile production). Until 1960s and 1970s, crafts and homemade manufacturing in the researched region basically disappeared. However, homemade production maintained its importance to this day - even if in a modified form.
The text describes the history of the first Czech village in Bulgaria – Sesek. It is the first attempt to present systematically all known information about this village scattered in publications, unpublished materials and archives. One of the main purposes of the study is to prove that “Sesek” was de iure as well as de facto standard village inhabited by (primarily though not exclusively) Czech families – migrants from the Czech village Svatá Helena in Rumanian Banat, not just a “place” these went through on their way to later founded Vojvodovo (usually presumed to be the only Bulgarian Czech village).
Stať sofijského badatele je prvým pokusem v odborné literatuře o etnografickou charakteristiku jařem v Bulharsku. Autor podává nejprve historický přehled jařmového zápřahu ve své zemi od antiky přes středověk, přes dobu tureckého nadvládí až po naše dny. Druhá část pojednává o terminologii a různých druzích jařem, jichž se používá do vozu i k orbě, přičemž si podrobněji všímá zejména jařem k oradlům; z našeho hlediska třeba zdůraznil skutečnost, že se v Bulharsku do současné doby udrželo orebné nářadí s dlouhým hřídelem - ojí, ke kterému se bezprostředně připojovalo jařmo. V
třetí části popisuje autor názvy jednotlivých součástí probíraných potažních nástrojů a objasňuje jejich funkci. V dalším oddíle se zabývá otázkou výroby jařem, a to i jednotlivými nástroji a příslušným materiálem, kromě toho i výzdobou.
K stati bulharského národopisce jsou přiloženy dvě mapy, z nichž na jedné je naznačeno geografické rozšíření termínů: jarem, chomot a bojundruk, na druhé rozšíření jařem do vozu a do oradel, a variant jařem k orbě na území Bulharska.
V závěru shrnuje autor přehledně probranou látku. and Článek zahrnuje širší poznámkový aparát