SunMoon Return: Savaya Tribe Summer Solstice Celebration

Sunmoon news: SunMoon project  25 years on the                                        horizon present:

                       "SunMoon" - The Festival that celebrates the Eternal World!

THE IDEA: Project for Sustainable Development of Festival and Cultural Tourism, including ancient traditional holidays, mystical rituals, traditional and contemporary art, dedicated to the symbols of life and unity - the first deities in the cultures of the peoples, the Luminaries Sun and Moon. Ladies and gentlemen! We present to you SunMoon - the eternal return!

THE PERFORMANCE: The SunMoon Festival is the first of its kind in beautiful Bulgaria and was first held in the Trigrad Gorge, in the womb of the Rhodope Mountains, back in 2001, close to the Thracian roots of the ancestors. The phenomenal world of Nature and the Creative World of Man are combined in their entirety through the magic of communication. From touch, the moment "now" appears - the moment whose duration is measured not by time, but by intensity, individually experienced by each person. The uniqueness of this contact lies in the field created. Falling into this field, the creative nature is automatically unlocked and the processes flow purely, unencumbered and directly. The Art of the Heart is born, whose emotions charge the atmosphere with so much positive energy that words, photos and videos are just a tiny statistical fact. Even memories are colored by so many sensations that colors, sounds and shapes are just a background. At the Meeting. With the Light. In an organized Improvisation of the Spirit, whose presence is total. In an Incredible simultaneity of past, present and future, mixed with a universal feeling of love without reason.

HISTORY: From 2001 to 2013 we made a total of 9 summer editions /Trigrad, Dolen, Delchevo, Elin Pelin/ and 6 winter editions /Sofia, Delchevo/, which overflowed into other forms and names with the quantum transition at the end of 2012. Different as the colors of the rainbow, but always abundantly vibrating with its individual vibration, SunMoon created the atmosphere, the audience and the form of today's large annual festivals in Bulgaria. Now SunMoon returns in a different form - as a boutique fest-retreat, an event for a smaller circle of people, but again in the Rhodope Mountains. There, in the embrace of a paradise, where an ancient tribe gathers to pick medicinal herbs, celebrating the Summer New Year and the Solar Wedding with Mother Nature.

Details coming soon. With Gratitude and GRACE - Goodness and Light for All!

Sunmoon krew

WORK PROGRAM of the fest-retreat with rituals, practices, events

June 19, Thursday

12:00 – 19:00 - Arrival, accommodation in colorful houses

19:00 – 20:00 – Savaya dinner, presentation of the fest program, questions and answers

20:00 – 22:00 – "A Tale of the Savaya Tribe": Storytelling with MagMo and music circle § jam session

June 20, Friday

06:30 – Sunrise viewing - optional

08:00 – 09:30 – Meditation and yoga with Sanya

10:00 – break for tea, coffee, fruits

11:00 – Savaya Brunch / healthy natural and local products from the region

14:00 – 16:00 Workshop "Ritual Bread on a Podnitsa" with Svilen Dermenzhia from Eremia

17:00-19:00 – Dance session with Agni: Circle of Circling

19:00-20:00 – Savaya Dinner

21:00 – Chakra§Tea session with RadaBanda: Yoga of sound and movement/overtone singing technique and dances on the chakras

June 21, Saturday

06:30 –  Sunrise viewing - optional

08:00 – Meditation and yoga with Sanya

09:30 – Coffee, tea and fruit break

11:00 – Savaya Brunch/healthy natural and local products from the region

14:00 – Sunny Bride Workshop: Creating a figure from herbs and flowers, kneading the Ritual Bread with folk melodies and songs

19:00 – Savаy Dinner 20:00 – Silent Water Ritual§Enyova Bulya: collecting water in silence from three sources, symbolic connection with Mother Earth and creating the arch of Pacha Mama.

22:00 – "Sun Wedding": anniversary SunMoon ANANADA PARTY with VATAFF PROJECT, DJ DHARBA, RADA BANDA, SANYA. Night jam session&free style dance expression

22 June, Sunday

06:00 – welcoming the Sun, Enyova Bulya Ceremony and ritual bathing in dew, lake and river 08:00 – Sending the Bulya, Ritual Bread on a mat with folk songs and free improvisation around the fire

11:00 – Brunch

13:00-14:00 - Closing ceremony of the festival: Wedding Cake, herbal infusions, sharing circle

For further days in June and options for staying at Savaya Tribe: Contact SANYА

*Separate entrance - only for guests of the party on Saturday: 30lv/without accommodation and food/

Hosts and Festival Guests:
 MagMo a.k.a Momera Zdravkova – storyteller, ritual artist, overtone singing, dance
 Vataff Project Live – Viktor Marinov, Electronic music
 Svilen Klasanov a.k.a Dharba – master baker working with ancient grains, and music lab
 Agni Tsvete – Whirling circle - sema based, inspired movement workshop
 Sanya Barakova – yoga and meditation, handpan music

Location: savayatribe.com – village of Srednogortsi, Rhodope Mountains 

 Price and Registration:

550 BGN early bird until May 29

660 BGN regular (until all spots are filled)

The price includes:
Shared accommodation in cozy rooms and bungalows (check the site for details),
Vegetarian brunch & dinner,
Full program — rituals, practices, wild herb picking and a DJ party

Reservations are made with a 200 BGN deposit via Revolut or bank transfer.