1. THE SMELL OF APPLES

2. NOSTALGIC FEELING CHILDHOOD FOREVER GONE

3. Which is the most popular fruit in our country? Why? The APPLE. We start picking apples at the end of June and continue until late September – October. The first apples are ripe about st Peter’s day (29th June) and therefore they are called “petrovki”, the ones we pick late in the autumn are the so called “winter sorts” and they last until the next summer. Everybody likes apples. We eat apples all the year. There is at least one apple tree in almost every garden.

4. JUICY JUICY TASTY TASTY VITAMINS VITAMINS SWEETNESS SWEETNESS RESISTANCE, STRENGTH RESISTANCE, STRENGTH THE STRONGEST, THE MOST RESISTANT FRUIT THE STRONGEST, THE MOST RESISTANT FRUIT HEALTHY FOOD HEALTHY FOOD HEALTH HEALTH DIETS DIETS SOMEONE DIETING SOMEONE DIETING HEALTHY DIETS HEALTHY DIETS RICH CROP// ABUNDANCE RICH CROP// ABUNDANCE HEDGEHOG: THE HEDGEHOG IN THE CHILDREN’S BOOKS IS USUALLY DEPICTED WITH APPLES AND PEARS ON ITS BACK HEDGEHOG: THE HEDGEHOG IN THE CHILDREN’S BOOKS IS USUALLY DEPICTED WITH APPLES AND PEARS ON ITS BACK

5. ALWAYS REAL ALWAYS REAL NATURAL TASTE NATURAL TASTE DRIED APPLES AND PLUMS DRIED APPLES AND PLUMS APPLE PIE APPLE PIE BREAKFAST BREAKFAST HEALTH HEALTH HEALTHY BREAKFAST HEALTHY BREAKFAST

6. APPLES WITH: APPLES WITH: COFFEE COFFEE TEA TEA WINE WINE WALNUTS WALNUTS HONEY HONEY CREAM CREAM ICE-CREAM ICE-CREAM

7. COMPOTE OR BOTTLED FRUIT COMPOTE OR BOTTLED FRUIT JUICE JUICE NECTAR NECTAR SLADKO: JAM MADE OF WHOLE FRUITS OR SLICES OR LITTLE PIECES OF FRUIT PUT INTO BOILING SUGAR SYRUP SLADKO: JAM MADE OF WHOLE FRUITS OR SLICES OR LITTLE PIECES OF FRUIT PUT INTO BOILING SUGAR SYRUP KONFITYUR: JAM MADE OF PIECES OF FRUIT KONFITYUR: JAM MADE OF PIECES OF FRUIT JELLY MADE OF APPLES OR APPLES AND QUINCES OR APPLES AND CORNEL- CHERRIES JELLY MADE OF APPLES OR APPLES AND QUINCES OR APPLES AND CORNEL- CHERRIES MARMALAD: JAM MADE OF GROUND FRUIT MARMALAD: JAM MADE OF GROUND FRUIT SWEETMEAT, CAKE SWEETMEAT, CAKE TART TART STRUDEL STRUDEL

8. CANDIED FRUIT CANDIED FRUIT BAKED APPLES BAKED APPLES DRIED FRUIT DRIED FRUIT STEWED DRIED FRUIT / DRIED FRUIT COMPOTE (OSHAV) STEWED DRIED FRUIT / DRIED FRUIT COMPOTE (OSHAV) VINEGAR VINEGAR BRANDY (RAKIYA) BRANDY (RAKIYA) WINE WITH APPLES WINE WITH APPLES LIQUEUR LIQUEUR BOLE – (RUM WITH VARIOUS FRUITS) BOLE – (RUM WITH VARIOUS FRUITS) BAKED WITH SUGAR AND WALNUTS BAKED WITH SUGAR AND WALNUTS FRUIT SALAD FRUIT SALAD FRUIT CAKE FRUIT CAKE APPLES WITH CINAMON AND PUMPKIN APPLES WITH CINAMON AND PUMPKIN

9. COLOURS: RED, YELLOW, GREEN COLOURS: RED, YELLOW, GREEN THE GOLDEN APPLE; DRAGON, LAMIA (a story about the three brothers and the golden apple guarded by the lamia) THE GOLDEN APPLE; DRAGON, LAMIA (a story about the three brothers and the golden apple guarded by the lamia) AUTUMN AUTUMN SNOW WHITE - POISONOUS APPLE SNOW WHITE - POISONOUS APPLE NEWTON AND HIS LAWS NEWTON AND HIS LAWS SPRING; BLOOM SPRING; BLOOM SOMETHING JUICY SOMETHING JUICY SOMETH8ING NEW SOMETH8ING NEW YOUTH YOUTH FRESHNESS FRESHNESS SUMMER SUMMER CHRISTMAS – WINTER – ALL SEASONS CHRISTMAS – WINTER – ALL SEASONS STRENGTH STRENGTH

10. LABOUR: PRUNING/TRIMMING; SPRAYING; CULTIVATION/TILLAGE; PICKING UP

11. MAYSTORA – A GIRL WITH APPLES, A YOUNG WOMAN WITH APPLES (pictures by a famous Bulgarian artist – Vladimir Dimitrov) PICTURES: STILL LIFE

12. TRADITIONS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR NEW YEAR NEW YEAR’S EVE NEW YEAR’S EVE SURVAKARI SURVAKARI ST VASILIY - 1ST JANUARY IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CALENDAR (when children (survakari) visit neighbours and relatives wishing Happy New Year ST VASILIY - 1ST JANUARY IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CALENDAR (when children (survakari) visit neighbours and relatives wishing Happy New Year APPLES TOGETHER WITH ORANGES, WALNUTS, SWEETS, CANDIES AND OTHER THINGS ARE PUT INTO CHILDREN’S CHRISTMMAS AND NEW YEAR PACKS AS LITTLE PRESENTS APPLES TOGETHER WITH ORANGES, WALNUTS, SWEETS, CANDIES AND OTHER THINGS ARE PUT INTO CHILDREN’S CHRISTMMAS AND NEW YEAR PACKS AS LITTLE PRESENTS

13. Сурва, сурва година, червена ябълка в градина едър клас на нива, голям грозд на лоза, жълт мамул на леса, пълна кошара с агнета пълна къща с деца! Живо-здраво до година, до година, до амина! Surva Surva Happy New Year! red apple in the garden large wheat ear in the field large grape cluster on the vine yellow corn on the maize, a sheeppen full of lambs a house full of children! To live a healthy year Be healthy to the next year!

14. STUDENTS AT WORK

17. RHYMES CREATED WITH TWO OF THE GROUPS Apples, apples Most delicious Sweet and tasty Yellow and red Maybe green Apples keep you fit and slim It’s our breakfast Always best I love apples! Do you? I love apples too! Green, yellow, red We love them more than bread

18. Links to traditional Bulgarian Christmas and New Year e-cards http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/koleda/42 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/koleda/43 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/koleda/44 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/koleda/76 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/koleda/79 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/koleda/81 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/koleda/103 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/koleda/124 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/koleda/127 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/koleda/184 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/nova-godina/23 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/nova-godina/55 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/nova-godina/58 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/nova-godina/82 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/nova-godina/103 http://www.vcards.bg/home/preview/nova-godina/163

19. STUDENTS’ PICTURES

35. BULGARIAN APPLES 27.12.12

36. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!