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Mezhdunaroden sabor na gaidarite, Gela (Международен събор на гайдарите, Гела)

Every August, bagpipers gather on the open mountain meadows above this tiny Rhodope village to compete and play kaba gaida from dusk till late at night, with lambs on revolving spits and the sound carrying for miles across the peaks.

1 Aug to 2 Aug 2026 · Annual, first weekend of August
Gela, Rhodopes, Bulgaria
Free
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