Predoy in Bulgaria
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Predoy is a rarely recorded name for a folk day in Bulgaria. Its date, 21 May, is when the church calendar remembers Saints Constantine and Helen.
How it is celebrated: churches honour Saints Constantine and Helen, and in Bulgarian tradition the saints are tied to nestinarstvo, the fire dance of the villages of Strandzha.
Nestinarstvo from the village of Bulgari in Strandzha was added to UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage in 2009.