VENETS: the Belogradchik journal for local history, cultural heritave and folk studies

15-26

Authors: A. Popov

This text was written by Dr. Assen Alexiev Popov, a veterinarian, from Belogradchik. He narrates about the first years after the establishment the communist regime in Bulgaria and the effort of the power to collectivize the properties of the villagers of the Belogradchik region.

43-55

Authors: J. Tabov

Whether the pictures of the cave Magura near Belogradchik are with Christian origin? A new interpretation of these famous rocks pictures is proposed.

93-112

Authors: M. Ighile, E. Omorogbe

The Bini oral minstrel, Osasumwen Ehigiator, whose portrait forms the basis of this paper, clearly represents a creative phenomenon which is of immense rele-vance to both the past and the present, with striking implications for the future. His songs, most of which are embellished by proverbial and philosophical ex-pressions, continuously strike the reflective and critical consciousness of not only the lovers of Benin music, but indeed the entire country and even beyond the shores of the great Benin kingdom where his music is highly appreciated. This paper examines the artistic personality of Wilson Osasumwen Ehigiator, within the conceptual frame-work of oral literature and cultural studies, and submits that the poet, in all ramifications is indicative of a certain level of crea-tive uniqueness - in relevance and intensity- that makes him truly influential and iconoclastic.

120-128

Authors: B. V. Toshev

Prof. Dr. Widen Tabakoff, from Stakevtsi, Belogradchik region, is an Ameri-can space expert, contributing to the implementation of the Apollo program and the human landing on the Moon. In Sofia, in September 2018, an exhibi-tion on the life and work of Prof. Tabakoff was opened.