ASMR Bulgaria 🇧🇬 Map Tracing to help you fall asleep (soft spoken) 

Wow thank you!! That's really generous of you 🤯🥰💖💖💖

@@MelangeASMR you deserve it. You help me sleep every single night and I learn stuff too! 👏👏👏

I'm happy to see you in my comments! Thank you :)

Ее радвам се да видя и други българи тук. 🖤

@@loraivanova8635I am a Registered Nurse here in the states. I want to travel to Bulgaria to know their history. I want to take my sons to experience and explore this beautiful culture, country, history. Can you make a recommendation? And of course Bulgaria is next to the Danube river. A place historically close to Gaelige ❤ thank you

It sounds great and I am sure you'd love it! The historic parts alone that you could dig into, plus the different parts of nature to explore... And yeah it's not far to many other places and probably a great starting point if you want to go Istanbul for example.

That sounds like a dream trip!

Ah true, I missed that even though I was going through the list of holidays 😅 Very happy you enjoyed it, thank you!

Hope you have fun!

The emoji - lol

Have a well deserved vacation. I’m looking forward to your Edvard Munch video 🇳🇴😱

Edvard Munch! Awesome! Enjoy your well deserved vacation!

Have a great time!

I often feel that way as well when I start reading up on a topic haha, but it's been so rewarding learning about new places and languages with everyone here. I'm very happy you feel the same! 💛

Honestly, it's been one of my favourites so far, the colours just look so nice. Thank you so much, it makes me very happy to see you all in the comments!

Hello, my pleasure!

Thank you 🥰

Thank you so much, Keith! The vacation was excellent (but too short, of course).

It must have been fate! Thank you :)

You are too kind, thank you! 🙏

Das ist wirklich sehr blöd, weil der ganze Sinn ist ja, dass die Leute einschlafen sollen 😂 Ich freu mich echt riesig über solche Kommentare und dass ich bissl was von der Begeisterung teilen kann. Nur weil's zum Einschlafen ist, muss es ja nicht fad sein lol. Danke dir!! 💖

Aw thank you, that's wonderful!

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Ma, das ist so lieb, danke!! 💖💖 Mir taugt das ja recht, dass Leute von der ganzen Welt kommentieren, aber wenn jemand aus Wien dabei ist, freut mich das echt besonders. An ein Meet-Up hab ich noch gar nicht gedacht. Mal schaun, ob und wann ich mich da drübertrau haha 🙈

Thank you!

Just fyi, if you're looking for the audio file, that's coming tomorrow! We've had a little tech issue.

Thank you, Viktoria, glad you enjoyed it 🥰

I'm very happy to hear that! Sleep well :)

It's past midnight so happy indepedence day!

@@MelangeASMR thank you! ☺️

Ooh do you have any recommendations? Thank you, will do! I plan on lying around and eating a lot lol.

@@MelangeASMR I've got Welcome to Bulgaria by Galena on repeat right now. I quite like Andrea as well

Galena is so catchy 😍

@@MelangeASMR Right? It's such a bop

I just saw that My Analog Journal has posted a set with music from Bulgaria, immediately had to think of you! 🐣 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4U1xGz65jlY.html

Ahaha probably already on vacation mentally! Me too, it's made me really curious about a lot of these places.

That’s right - the Varna gold treasure found at the Varna Necropolis dates from 4,600 BC to 4,200 BC, making it the oldest gold treasure we know of. It’s also the oldest known burial of an elite male and the first evidence of human social hierarchy.

@@DMazga awesome! Thank you for the info!

@@reverie6034 You are most welcome!

Ahaha I'm sorry, the book was just too good. If you do go to Bulgaria, please let me know whether you've enjoyed the most pleasant emotions as well! But in seriousness, it's probably a great alternative. 💛

Ich hab was mit Sprachen gmacht. Für solche Videos klaub ich mir die Infos meistens über Wikipedia zam und das funktioniert echt ganz gut, wenn man sich bissl durchklickt. Danke 😊

Hi Natalia, I've put Poland on my list, but I've had so many requests recently that I can't really promise anything atm, sorry about that!

I hope I didn't get anything too wrong haha. Thank you so much, I'm really happy you liked it!

Haha I got too relaxed to notice , you did amazing job

You might be right! As soon as I saw the info about the horses, I zoomed in on it like a horse girl Eye of Sauron. Thank you :) It's the same thing here, frankly, even though Bulgaria is basically around the corner.

I agree, I just need someone to do the reading for me 😅

Thank you!!

I also recently started trying to learn German so I enjoy having videos covering the same thing in English and German to practice my understanding. Vielen Dank!

Ah but that's how it's supposed to be ;) I would love that! Yellowstone would be great topic. Thank you so much!

Gern geschehen! Ich wünsche dir viel Erfolg beim Deutschlernen (nicht unterkriegen lassen von den Artikeln haha).

@@MelangeASMR I found some maps so there are a couple maps of Yellowstone, Wyoming, and Montana on the way.

Thank you so much, can't wait!!

💚!

I've put Romania on my list, but it's long and it might take a bit 🤍

That sounds interesting. I'll look into it, might take a while tho!

I'll add it to my topics, but there's been a lot of requests since summer, so no promises as to how quickly I can get to it.

Not sure how relaxing the outcome would be 😅

Hello to you too!

Ah ok, thank you for adding that!

@@zaboybagoi8636 The language the Bulgars spoke is unknown. Sure, Kurt maybe means ''wolf'' in Turkic, but on Kubrat's rings from the treasure that was found in Malaya Pereshchepina (Ukraine) says ΧΟΥΒΡΑΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΚΙΟΥ in Greek. Does this sound Turkic to you? And what about Zabergan or Asparukh? Pure Iranian names. Make up anything you want, but you can't change the facts.

Yes, already got a book for it :)

@@MelangeASMR ♥️♥️♥️ love ya. Subscribed and waiting ♥️

Dylo dynasty have nothing to do with Turks...

Man, I see you everywhere. EVERYWHERE. You have some fixation with Bulgaria or something? From now on I'll just send this answer under every comment you make. 1. The Bulgars were confederation of numerous tribes with mixed origin, but with predominant Iranian ethnic element. The Proto-Bulgarians as inhabitants of the lands north of the Caucasus in the 2nd century are mentioned by the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi. In his History of Armenia, written in the 80's of the 5th century AD, he speaks about two migrations of Proto-Bulgarians from Caucasus to Armenia. The Bulgars lived amongst Scythian tribes for centuries before coming to the Balkans. However, Turkic elements could also be found due to the influence of the Göktürks and the Avars in Pannonia. If we assume that the Avars were Turkic, of course. 2. The names of many of the rulers and aristocrats of Old Great Bulgaria and the First Bulgarian Empire are of Iranian origin. Names such as Sinnion, Zabergan, Kubrat, Asparukh, Kardam, Omurtag, Boris, Rasate, etc., does not have Turkic analogues. The last pagan ruler of Bulgaria was literally called Persian/Presian. 3. The language of the Bulgars is largely unknown, since not enough words are being preserved. The Volga Bulgars were conquered by the Mongols and assimilated into their culture. The modern Chuvash language has a lot of components to it and its related to the Bulgar language only in theory. The Chuvash people are most likely to be descendants of the Turkic Sabir tribes mixed with local Finno-Ugric populations. Instead of looking for the origin of the Bulgars in Chuvashia, you should search in what is now Kabardino-Balkaria, Georgia, Armenia, Chechnya and in the Caucasus in general. 4. There is NO historical source or evidence of Tengrism in Bulgaria. Simple as that. 5. Modern researchers with historical and archeological background (Todor Chobanov for example) see resemblance between the monumental pagan temples in Bulgaria (Madara, Pliska, Preslav, etc.) and the Persian ''Fire temples'' - the place of worship for the followers of Zoroastrianism. The Proto-Bulgarian construction tradition and pagan temples have their roots and most accurate analogues in the Caucasus. There is also a resemblance between the Madara Horseman relief and the Sasanian rock reliefs, like the one in Rag-i-Bibi for example. After the Baptism (864), the pagan temples were destroyed and Christian temples were built on the their foundations. 6. The ruler of Old Great Bulgaria (Kubrat/Kurt) and his uncle (Organa/Organ) were Christians. Kubrat's grandson Tervel was also Christian. Even before them, Grod, a Proto-Bulgarian ruler of the Kutrigurs who around 528 C.E. converted to Christianity and tried to spread it amongst his people, was overthrown because of it, similarity to what happened to Enravota in 833 C.E., which became Bulgaria's first saint. 7. The Bulgars in the Balkans were not just ''assimilated''. Knyaz Boris I and his boyars chose a new language and religion that will unite and strengthen the Empire further more. That's why he ordered the creation of the Cyrillic alphabet and converted to Christianity. A little history lesson for ya. ✌🏻 Cheers.

@@BGBolyar 🤣🤣🤣 nice propaganda for your schools

@@papazataklaattiranimam Truth hurts, huh?

@@BGBolyar There are two direct references to Tangra as a Bulgar deity in the sources. One is found in an Ottoman manuscript where it is stated that the name of god in Bulgarian was “Tängri” (Bułghar dilindžä Tängri der).201 The other is in a badly-damaged inscription (carved on a marble column) which commemorates a sacrifice made by Omurtag“to the god Tangra” (κὲ ἐπύησ]εν θυσ[ήαν ἠς τὸν θεὸ]ν Ταγγραν).202 The inscription was found at the rocky cliff of Madara, a site that is commonly associated with the Tangra cult. It is worth remarking that according to ancient Inner Asian religious traditions, the favour of heaven had to manifest itself in the possession of “sacred mountains”. There the qaghan was thought to be closer to Tängri; he could therefore conduct “privileged conversations with him” and receive or transmit his orders.203 It is not unlikely that the site of Madara played a similar role in Bulgaria.204 To be sure, below the relief of the horseman archaeolo gists unearthed the foundations of a complex comprising of what seems to have been a pagan shrine (built on top of a three-aisled church dated to the sixth and seventh centuries), as well as a building with three divisions, which has been interpreted as a dwelling Amongst other things, it has been sug gested that the latter was a kind of private quarter for the ruler from which he seems to have directed the cult of Tangra, the ceremonial sacrifices and. quite possibly, the collective prayers. While Tangra is very likely to have been worshiped by certain Bulgar groups/clans before their migration to the Balkans, his promotion to the supreme god of the elite and. in a sense, the official religion of the Proto bulgarian state coincides in time with the gradual centralization of political power, a process that is rightly connected with Krum's and Omurtag's reigns in the early ninth century. Indeed, the ideology associated with the wor ship of Tangra was bound to enhance monarchical rulership. Just as Tangra was the supreme celestial being, the khan-his reflection-was regarded as rightfully the sole sovereign on earth or, at any rate. in the Bulgar state (an idea which finds clear expression in Omurtag's building inscription from Catalar). The ideology of a strong, divinely-sanctioned leadership clearly bears much of the credit for the survival of the khanate during this period. The certainties which this system of beliefs and values presented to the warrior aristocracy, if not to the entire population, the aura of sanctity surrounding the ruler, the awareness of heavenly support granted to military undertakings (an awareness reinforced through the regular performance of religious ritu als and ceremonials while on campaign)." all immeasurably strengthened the unity of the state and the political will of its subjects to survive. Another factor operative in the transition to Tangrist henotheism at this time may have been the fear of Byzantine imperialism. Foreign influences, as scholars have long pointed out, often paved the way for the adoption of a more sophisticated faith among nomads. However, this was rarely the reli gion of their imperial neighbours, for such a course invariably implied sub mission to the authority of the rulers of these states." The Bulgars, realizing that conversion to Islam or Judaism was not a viable option, and mindful of the influence the Byzantine Church could exercise on the khan's Christian subjects, had little choice but to promote Tangra as their supreme deity." It is important to emphasize that the late eighth/early ninth century marked the period of transition to henotheism only for the upper strata of the Bulgar society. Vigorous polytheism and totemism (i.e. the existence of an intimate, "mystical" relationship between a group or an individual and a natural object), both of which were incapable of furnishing a principle of spiritual (and political) unity, proved to be persistent and strong among the masses." This is also true of shamanism, a complex belief system espe cially common in Central and Inner Asian societies, but also discernible in the khanate in the pre-conversion period. Shamanism has been defined by anthropologists as a technique of ecstasy. By mastering this technique and reaching a state of trance the shaman was able to mediate between the world of humans and that of spirits. He thus functioned as a magician, prophet and healer who, among other things, had to "descend to the underworld" to find and bring back a sick person's soul. Given that most aspects of daily life in Eurasia were directly linked with the spiritual world-for instance. the life-supporting economic activities, from hunting to husbandry to agri culture, were thought to be protected by spirits-the role of the shaman was bound to be extremely important." Before we proceed any further, a piece of essential explanation: shaman ism has been a popular subject of accounts and research since the early eighteenth century. Although it is correctly believed that the shaman's technique of ecstasy and mode of operation are basically uniform through out Central and Inner Asia, it is impossible to construct a uniform model of shamanism as an institution. Further (and partly as a result of the above). it would be perilous to equate the modern "ethnographic shaman" with the religious specialists noted among historical Eurasian peoples. In this light. any attempt to investigate the development of this phenomenon in medieval steppe-nomad societies, including Bulgaria, is bound to be inconclusive. We have only fleeting glimpses of Bulgar shamanism in our sources. Sophoulis, P., 2011. Byzantium and Bulgaria, 775-831. Leiden: Brill, pp.84, 85, 86, 87.

Thank you! And yeah, we have a terrible government at the moment, unfortunately :(