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Publication details [#56003]
Rå Hauge, Kjetil. 2012. The quest for a proper Bulgarian national holiday. In Sarić, Ljiljana, Karen Gammelgaard and Kjetil Rå Hauge, eds. Transforming National Holidays. Identity discourse in the West and South Slavic countries, 1985-2010. John Benjamins. pp. 57–79.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
John Benjamins
Annotation
When the former Bulgarian national holiday of 3 March was reinstated in 1990, opinion was divided as to whether 3 March was a good choice. This paper examines the discussion that followed in Bulgarian media. The argumentation for the other candidates for national holiday status is shown to mostly concern the degree of active Bulgarian participation in the historical events that the days commemorate, and to a somewhat lesser degree also to concern how the days are celebrated.