The Gurkovo Donkey Festival!

Two weekends ago there was a Donkey Festival—held in commemoration of, what else, the DONKEY! It was great fun. Two volunteers from the area participated. They had a donkey cart and everything. Each cart had to have a theme so they went with the 70’s (the festival began during the 1970’s). Their cart looked like a tie-dye covered wagon. The festival was hilarious. During the raising of the flags they played donkey noises in the background! There were a variety of events included in the festival: the race, donkey soccer, donkey tug-a-war, and a donkey beauty contest. The American cart took second place in the beauty contest!










In the evening one of the chalga (Bulgarian pop music) singers, Preslava, came for a short performance. The Gurkovo volunteer was excited because he was one of only two people there to get a picture with her.





Later that night we camped-out by a stream near town. A volunteer had some marshmallows from back home so we had fun making smores while sitting around the camp fire. It was a really good time. Here are some photos from the camp-out: