БНТ за Исторически парк - един филм за чудото на обединението

How to preserve the archaeological monuments? Should the remains of fortresses, temples, cities be preserved in place to influence the viewer with their authenticity or to be reconstructed and to shine with all its past beauty? What materials are used for the reconstruction? Do they have anything in common with the historical time of the real fortress? This is another topic. 30 km from Varna, some people decided to go for the third time to show reconstructions close to reality, but in a place without archaeological value. What is it? History or botaphoria? Or is there a way to combine things? or, as the organizers call it, the historical attraction with an educational and entertaining purpose is a massive stone building in the form of a fortress from the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. In fact, it is a hall for exhibitions and presentations and there, on the day of the discovery, a person could get lost among the replicas of the Thracian treasure, the figures of the rulers and many paintings with themes from the Bulgarian history. People with different professions worked on them. First, there is a person who pre-made the sketch, then there is a sculptor with whom you talk about every detail. Yes, this is some kind of artistic interpretation of something made in time, but we try to get as close as possible to what the people of those times looked like. Weapons, clothes, shoes, everything. To a large extent, the weapons are restored. For me, as an artist, it is very easy to look at a person, your brother, your type, and to interpret him in the painting after that. So we won with our professionalism, with our Bulgarianness. They are real people. It is not difficult for me to follow them. I am ready to do what I have to do. I don't know, feel it and see it. He doesn't speak only with his mind, he speaks from his heart. It is easy to perceive a person, but you perceive him on a different level. You don't perceive him, but this is the business, these are the shoes, these are all the letters you hear in it. So, you see, everything is made to the smallest detail. The stone, the marble, the metal. Most visitors like the idea of a place to present the cultural and historical heritage of the Bulgarian winters. Do you tell about your friend and acquaintance? Yes, about my friend, who came from the Czech Republic specifically to discover the historical park. Right here, this part fascinated me the most. This part, which is in the hall, Certainly, I myself want to bring Czech tourists. I work on the matter. This is an object from which Bulgaria has an incredible need and arises in a size in which it really satisfies extremely many underlying needs of Bulgaria. Not only tourists, but also as an impact on the self-awareness of Bulgarians. Not only as a historical project, I think he could help for the revival of the area, to create some jobs, to popularize Bulgaria in the world. It makes sense. Authenticity is impressive. Here, when we enter the bridge itself, which is made of authentic materials, authentic covers, just... Is there some kind of attraction to the people? Quite natural, quite real. Here you will not see plasterboard or other modern materials. The devil is in the details and therefore everything must be like in the epoch from which it comes. When we talked to the historians, with our consultants, Prof. Margarita Vaklinova, Prof. Kvitkovachev, Prof. Ivan Maratov and many others, who are part of their team, they insist on this. The real excavations should not be overbuilt, but only to be excavated and preserved. Because every overbuilding is the sight of the past of today's generations. Our park is a historical object, because what the future generations will see is our vision of the past of today. The organizers say that this will be the largest historical attraction in the world. Mostly because it covers a huge time range, including the era of the oldest processed gold in the world, part of the famous Varna culture. This building behind us is from that time, from the region that is close to the Black Sea, and the way they built it is not exactly a residential area. This is a residential area built on low grids, and we have archaeological data that they used it in wet regions to protect themselves from moisture. Or when they located a direct proximity to a water source. Varna necropolis is a residential area for the people who lived here. We built it as you can see from the trees. It is covered with clay, covered with straw, the roof is made of straw. This is characteristic. Now there is a type that is not built yet. These are half-landings. We will do the second stage work here. There it will be even better because in winter it is very warm, and in summer it is very cold. Each residential area differs from the others, but it is not inventive and does not fall into falsification because we did not prepare the data to make it look different. We did it to show the diversity of the culture of these people in our country. Because from the beginning of the Neolithic to the end of the Caucasus these are the same people and the same culture that develops. But there are differences in different regions and this is an attempt to show the educational purpose of the people and to see this cultural wealth in our country. The walk in the past continues. Behind us you see part of the exhibition dedicated to the Thracian habits and culture in the complex and more specifically a palace. We have a Thracian palace which was recreated based on the findings of different archaeological sites. The main emphasis is on the palace of Seftopolis. Today the building is located at the bottom of the lake under about 40 meters of water. The building is perfectly researched and documented. All valuable exhibits are in various archaeological and historical museums. Based on this knowledge we tried to reconstruct a Thracian palace with exterior and interior including some activities and attractions that are accessible to the public. In other words the goal is to use the knowledge accumulated in the minds of scientists and to make it accessible to the public. Unfortunately we cannot build it in the original way that our ancestors did because we already have laws different from theirs and to be put into operation such a large object must comply with the norms and requirements. So we keep the norms and requirements and the law and we try to imitate it as accurately as possible to get closer in the most authentic and original way to the truth. Wait, the curtain has arrived. We have been waiting for three months with excitement and excitement. We are taking 35 people on purpose. What are your impressions so far? The impression is that it has started, it is wonderful, there is still a lot of work to be done. Do you think that this place will become very attractive for Bulgarian and foreign tourists? I am convinced that it will be one of the most beautiful attractions. The most important thing is the feeling that we know our belonging, our nation, the length of what we are. And this is a very big reason for pride. We see a lot of replicas of places where we have been and we explain to the children. It is definitely interesting because it is gathered in one place. I can say that I was skeptical like some people, but what has been done so far impressed me a lot. I am very satisfied with everything that has been done so far. I hope they continue to achieve the goals of the investors and the executive director. Today I met him by chance. We made a lot of good impressions. My statement and discovering the park, I liked everything. I was impressed by the first scale, of course, of the second, the organization, so many people, the quality of everything that I see at the moment is just unique in my opinion. A person deserves to come and see this place. It is really very impressive. Would you recommend your friends to visit this place? Yes, I will do exactly that and I will gladly recommend them to come and see this unique place. The historic Krajvarna Park is a member of the Global Archaeological Museum of Discovery and Experimental Archaeology EXARC. That is why it is necessary to find a balance between the real archaeological objects and their reconstruction. What we have seen so far is the neolithic and chalcolithic settlement that has been done very well and will be very useful for the education of the young visitors. The use of the archaeological museums of Discovery is very large because it is an easy and understandable way for the young public to learn about the past. If you take the children to the classical museum and show them the original artefacts and then bring them to the place so that they can see and touch them, they will 100% understand the meaning of what has been shown. So far, about 50 million levs have been invested in the construction by Bulgarian investors without subsidies from the state and European programs. The idea is for the Bulgarians to feel proud of their history and for the tourists to discover another way to get to know Bulgaria. We should use what our ancestors have created, namely that they left us a great culture that we should use to have foreign income in Bulgaria. Because at the moment each country needs fresh capital, fresh income and tourism is a gateway that Bulgaria can use to improve the quality of life of all Bulgarians. The preparation of the project lasted 9 years, during which marketing and research I brought people who are among the best tourists, who love to travel. I saw what they like in the world and here we have created a gathering place where a tourist will be able to experience everything he is looking for in cultural tourism. We always have to make the product first and then they will come because everyone is so used to go and see where someone made it, someone invited him. The way we invite them, such tourists will come. Today's Tatarstan was visited by guests from Volga Bulgaria. We came from Tatarstan, the city of Kazan. Historically it happened that we are brother nations Volga Bulgaria and modern Bulgaria united by the centuries-old history. Here we are to present our wonderful tradition and it is wonderful that Tatarstan and Bulgaria come together and remember the common past. We present here a conceptual Tatar animation that helps children from an early age to be inspired by the culture and to develop different skills. Thank you very much for the invitation of the organizers. A very large-scale and interesting project and we show it our national dishes. Bulgarian masters already master the recipes from the old Volga Bulgaria and I can offer you delicious pies made by hand. All the dishes prepared here meet the requirements for authenticity. The menu that we present to our guests in the historical park is made entirely of authentic recipes for the base they serve as artifacts that archaeologists have found and old books in which culinary recipes are included. One of these books is the book of Slavejkov which turns out to be the first cooking book. We worked in cooperation with the Ethnographic Museum in Varna. There we also draw material for what people have eaten in our territories near the city of Varna. The main accent in the menu is the lamb as a product. We included it in different forms. The pies you see one is a pie with lamb and turkey and the other is with chicken and rosemary. We know that the Thracians were cattle breeders and they looked after sheep. That is why we included it in the menu. On this plateau you can also see Bivoli milk which is of Bulgarian origin. We work with small farmers. The historical park has already been presented at many international exhibitions in Romania, Serbia, China, Azerbaijan, Tatarstan and France and manages to be liked by foreigners. What worries them the most is that they can first experience history and not just pass through attractions and see certain things but also the concept of a historical park to participate and each person to be a hero in the film. The Thracian guards guard One of our fighters tells us about the well-known weapon of the Greek race of the Bessines the Rumpheia. This weapon is unique both in form and the way it was used. The Bessines have used it all over the world because a large group of them participated in the army of Alexander the Great when he conquered the world. The Greek and Roman authors pointed out that their soldiers were afraid to go into battle with Thracians who were carrying this weapon. This is something unique because we know that they usually neglect foreign armies for the sake of their own. In Bulgaria, 15 or 16 such islands Their condition was not very good. The shields were missing because they were wooden and they were rotten. But in some of the copies of the Rumpheia before they took it out the finger outlined very well what the shape looked like. A cast was made and this is how the shield looked in principle. The restoration masters tell more interesting facts. The shield symbolizes one life and another life. The shield is a kind of crab between the two lives and the Thracians had this feeling of passing through. They always live in this world and they pass freely in one or the other. Did they believe in reincarnation? Did they believe that they could pass through other worlds? Now comes the moment of a special ritual. I am Angelot and I am the local king. This is my throne hall and in this throne hall various rituals are performed. One of them is the ritual of fraternization with another Thracian king so that we can join in future projects. Such fraternization is carried out by drinking wine from these objects. This is a vial, this is an amphora. They are made of gold because for the Thracians gold is related to the sun, one of the gods of the Thracians. The Thracians believe that when the wine passes through the golden amphora it is charged with divine energy. When this ritual starts, after performing some of the sacred rituals, it is time to drink wine. When the wine is poured the wine is mixed with honey and the two kings join their hands and drink a little blood to become blood brothers because such a friendship such a blood brotherhood is much stronger than the Thracian bond. In 2022 in the historical park there will be an icon base with a hippodrome in which 100 performances are planned annually. But here and now you can meet a woman more famous in the world than here. Nina Jankova is a master in horse archery. In the millennium the connection of the Bulgarian icon and the Thracian bond has existed for a long time. We are trying to restore the lost traditions in the historical park. I have been here for a month and I realize that the children do not have so much opportunity to get in touch with this beautiful animal that has played a role in almost the whole unknown history. When I was 10 years old I met horses for the first time and I did not separate from them. I have been practicing horse archery in Bulgaria with jumping over obstacles for about 20 years after which I saw a chance to use the Bulgarian bow and again my favorite animal and to participate in other competitions such as horse archery which is held in many countries that have traditions like ours, the Bulgarians. But unfortunately so far I have participated only abroad and now the historical park will give a chance to hold such competitions in Bulgaria which we do very happily to prepare Bulgarians to exercise this sport. What makes people to participate in the construction of the historical park? The pure passion for archery is that we are interested in these people, we read about them, we go to excavations, we study them, but the opportunity to raise the whole jury which we think they have used in the way they have done it and to share the knowledge we have seen and read about this is a unique experience for everyone who wants to study archaeology and especially history. I have always been a part of the history of art and of humanity because since the 8th grade I have a high education in art and there I started to study historical art from prehistory to today, from Impressionism to contemporary art. So in the end there is no way not to be attracted and to be interested in everything that has happened and in the end art is what moves civilization and the world From the discovery of the historical park to the present, we work on very small details that give the final look of the object. We merge everything we do with the next stage of the park so that we can get a complete final look. We wanted the whole project to be independent but not to burden the people who live in the area because we don't need a lot of water for swimming, for lakes, for all the things we do and this would make it so that we take from people or from drinking water. That's why we built a pool which is 560 meters below and from there we extract water with which all the needs of the park are used. We also made the most modern irrigation station from which all that is from the historical park comes out absolutely clean water which is transparent and in this way we take care of the nature. Ivelin Mihailov is not surprised by the critics that the project is not finished yet or that there may be something wrong in its financing. In fact, the prosecutor's office will investigate the historical park according to the signal of volunteers who have repeatedly proved with their statements that the things they claim are not true. For this reason, the prosecutor's office has come to a good conclusion that the work should be done, every single signal should be checked but what they will find is something they will like and not something they will find negative or compromising. Every visitor will find something for themselves in this walk This can make the Bulgarians to upgrade their knowledge about the history. When they come and see they already have an interest to learn dates, events, names and gradually these people start to look for more professional opinions, start to read a lot of books about it, start to visit museums in Bulgaria and there is an upgrade. In fact, we send them again and we hope to become 10 times more knowledgeable. The night adventure games The idea of the tourists is not just to come to a museum to see some artifacts but to immerse themselves in some historical atmosphere. They play these games first as there is a series of riddles and missions they have to complete. Like all these riddles and tasks they are made of a story, so the players should not just touch them but to experience them. All over the world the interest to such attractions is growing. Maybe because people prefer to see, to touch and to participate. In addition, the interest to the real history is aroused. Here we see the restoration of the palace of the First Kingdom. But it is close to a step, so when people see the restored palace and can imagine what it looked like they will definitely go and touch the energy of the original stone on which our kings walked. There is a tremendous potential to be not only an educational center but also a cultural center. With such a project freshness of all findings will come to life and it will be more visible how these people lived. Of course, according to the voice and vision of the specialists. For some things there is a question of point of view. This is inevitable. But some things are absolutely positive. It will be like a small town that diverges with the eras. There will be people dressed in authentic clothes. It's not... You know, if you bring a child here at the moment you know, Halloween, Jingle Bells in the malls, Disney or something. These are the things that will change. This is what we are doing. Of course, if we don't believe, we shouldn't do it. With time these things will become better. They will look more authentic and after 10 years it will be great. I see it as a movie that is played in front of your eyes and every person is a part of it. You can write it yourself. You can start writing a sentence and you can finish it with your friends. Everyone can add something from himself. We are not only thinking about the digital world and what makes us think only in the computer. We are immersed in another world that is not real. All these things will make the whole place a magical Bulgarian place. When a person enters it miracles happen around him and mostly internal emotions. Will the organizers of this historical attraction make the Bulgarians to feel the greatness of the history and the foreigners to see a different Bulgaria? If this adventure will be included in the tourist visit it will surely add new directions in the development of cultural tourism.