What do bulgarians laugh at

Presentation prepared by Gabriela V.

» We did on 1st April, last week.

It’s no accident that we consider a celebration dedicated to humour a national one.

Humour and laughter are national priorities in Bulgaria.

We laugh a lot.We laugh a lot.

We even have trendy laughter noises.Some of these prove to be very annoying….

Especially for our teachers. Especially when we laugh noisily during lessons...

But we are only doing this for health reasons… Remember? Laughter has great healing power.

It is supposed to be a parrot (parakeet)

It should be assistantassistant

And №№11 reason why we don’t try to overcome these drawbacks is that we simply need them as our

source of laughter!

The pub is called “The Green”“The Green”

HISTORICALLY THE MOST POPULAR SOURCE OF LAUGHTER ARE THE JOKES FROM

THE GABROVO REGION

THEY RIDICULE THE EXCESSIVE THRIFTINESS OF GABROVIANS,WHICH THEY DISPLAY FROM THEIR YOUTH TILL THEIR OLD AGE.

POLITICS AND POLITICIANS ARE A FAVOURITE SUBJECT OF JOKES.

That’s a part of a scene in a TV show showing howwe joke about our politicians and their decisions and behaviour

Jokes are provoked not only by Bulgarian politicians but by the dynamic international relations of the past months.

The situation in Crimea had an unexpected impact in Bulgaria.

A Facebook group was started with the aim to organise a referendum for the annexation of Bulgaria bythe Principality of Monaco.

The expected result of the referendum is The expected result of the referendum is 97% in favour of the annexation.97% in favour of the annexation.

Monte Carlovo is a blending of the name of the city of Monte Carlo and the Bulgarian city of Karlovo.

A screenshot of the Facebook page

While doing our research for this presentation we came across one very interesting fact.

The target of ridicule in Bulgarian jokes are mostly men.

Is it because women in our country are perfect, or because all jokes have been created by women?

Or maybe because our men are real gentlemen?

It is the same in folklore.

The most popular comic characters in Bulgarian folklore are Nastradin

Hodja and Clever Peter.

They often play tricks on each other, but when they decide to trick a third person

everyone is in trouble.

IN LITERATURE THE MOST IN LITERATURE THE MOST FAMOUS COMIC CHARACTER IS FAMOUS COMIC CHARACTER IS

BAI GANYOBAI GANYO

HE IS GREEDY, ARROGANT, DIRTY, UNREFINED TO A

DEGREE THAT IS OFTEN NOT FUNNY, BUT

REVOLTING.

Interestingly, he was created soon after we had regained our independence in the end of the 19TH century. The literary works in which he appears prove the drive

of our nation to acquire refined

In case of a fire, break the lock!

A letter to Santa Claus from a Bulgarian

kindergarten

bazooka

bazooka

Handmade limousine

Bicycle pathSign “Keep quiet”