Valya is a given name. Notable holders include:
The music of Bulgaria refers to all forms of music associated with the country of Bulgaria, including classical, folk, popular music, and other forms.
Ivana is a feminine given name of Slavic origin that is also popular in southern Ireland, France, French-speaking Canada, the Mediterranean and Latin America. It is the feminine form of the name Ivan, which are both the Slavic cognates of the names Joanna and John. It may also be spelled as Ivanna.
Pavel is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul. Pavel may refer to:
Ileana is a female given name. It is the feminine form of the male name Elijah. It has been adapted for Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Italian and Spanish. In Romanian it is a form of the name "Helen", and a hypocoristic for Ileana is Nuţi. In Romanian mythology, Ileana Cosânzeana is a mythological feminine figure represented as a beautiful good-natured princess, embodying the concept of feminine beauty. Ileana or Illeana may refer to:
Valya Mladenova Balkanska is a Bulgarian folk music singer from the Rhodope Mountains known locally for her wide repertoire of Balkan folk songs, but in the West mainly for singing the song "Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin", part of the Voyager Golden Record selection of music included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977.
Valya Samvelyan was an Armenian folk singer.
Milena is a feminine given name of Slavic origin derived from "mil" meaning "gracious", "pleasant" or "dear". It is the feminine form of the male names Milan and Milen. It is quite popular in Slavic countries such as Serbia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Croatia, Russia, Belarus, and even in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Greece, Eritrea, and Italy.
Arda is a village in Smolyan Municipality, located in the Smolyan Province of southern Bulgaria. It is located 173.424 km from Sofia and the village covers an area of 17.928 km2. As of 2007, the village had a population of 314 people.
Delyo was a Bulgarian rebel leader who was active in the Rhodope Mountains in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
"Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin" is a Bulgarian folk song from the central Rhodope Mountains about Delyo, a rebel leader who was active in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The song is most famously sung by Valya Balkanska, a 1977 recording of which was included on the Golden Record carried on board the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes.
Teodora is a feminine given name, a variation of the name Theodora.
Valentina Ivanova Kaneva, best known as Valya (Валя), is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer. Valya was born in Haskovo.
Marinov is a Bulgarian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Marinova (Мари́нова). It may refer to:
Valov or Valova is a Slavic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Nadka Karadzhova was one of Bulgaria's most noted folk singers and the first to become internationally known. She was born in Tri Voditzi in the region of Pazardzhik in 1937 into a family of singers. Her most noted hit was Zablelyalo mi aguntze which in 1979 became a UK hit. On receiving news of her death Tsetska Tsacheva, the President of the Bulgarian National Assembly, wrote a condolatory address:
The talent of Nadka Karadzhova to create beauty with her voice was unparalleled. She not only won the major national awards, but also many prestigious international ones. With her memorable performances she uncovered to the world the immense beauty of the Bulgarian folklore.
Tzvetelina Dobreva, best known by her stage name Tzvetelina (Цветелина), is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer.
Radkov is a Slavic masculine surname; its feminine counterpart is Radkova. Prominent people with it include:
Elitsa is a Bulgarian feminine given name that may refer to
Stanchev is a Bulgarian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Stancheva. It may refer to
Ljuba is a Slavic given name. In the Serbian language, it is best known as a masculine name, cognate to Ljubomir or Ljubo. In other Slavic languages it's more often a feminine name, cognate to Lyubov, and also spelled Lyuba, Luba, Ľuba (Slovak).