July morning (1-st of July) on Bulgarian Krapets
Beach
I've spend the 30th of Jule night against 1 of July on Krapets (Krapec) beach which is
located nearby the Krapets small Bulgarian village. The beach there
is really wonderful, many people has been gathered together most of
them my hometown Dobrich.
The occasion for the event is the cyclical "celebration" of the
rising sun reoccuring every year on July the 1st.
It's really interesting fact that this hippy celebration is being
celebrated only in Bulgaria. The initial beginning of the holiday
probably originate to some ancient paganism or worship dedicated to
the Sun God.
In modern times the celebration of 1-st of July has started
its celebration somewhere during communism in Bulgaria and was
probably a silent protest showing up the young people's negative
attitude towards the communism's suppress on their freedom.
The July morning is also widely related to the famous rock / hippy
band Uriah
Heep band and to the hippies movements from the 1960s and
1970s.
On July morning many people take their close people or relatives
and go to some of the numerous preferrably wild place located near
the Black Sea to spend a night on a Tent.
Usually people pick up some music instruments: guitars, bongo drums
wooden pipes etc. and go for a feast of heavy eating and drinking
near the sea beach.
Most of the participants in the celebration spend the night "in
vigil" waiting for the first rays of the Sun rejoicing with the
Sunrise.
Most of the people attending the July Morning celebrities are from
the underground music movements, rockers, rock fans, metal heads,
punks, alternatives or people into heavy music.
However many other ordinary people like me who want to have a Tent
night with friends on the beach also attend.
Though July morning is a nice occasion to get together with
friends and meet new people, its really displeasing that many
people who attend the sea beach on the "The July" do it with
an intenting to finish the night blind drunk.
Some people who attend also act like real "barbarians", for
instance they scream hysterically and act uncivillized after they
get really drunk :)
You can further
read about the celebration in Bulgaria of the rising Sun on July
the 1st in wikipedia
As a Christian I do not adhere to the die hard July Mornings
admirers, neither I like the idea of people greating each other on
the July 1st Morning with a "Happy July Morning"
greeting.
Anyways in below video you will see some pictures grasps from July
Mornings fans and the Uriah's Heep July Morning so famous and
attached song to the July Mornings celebrations with the notable
name July Morning
For a better idea on how does July morning look like if you're
going on a vacation to Bulgaria, I suggest you spend a July Morning
Night near the sea shore and see for yourself :)