Piero Epifanía: “The only way I could stay close to my roots was through music”

Piero Epifanía spoke to Sip of Culture to discuss what drove him to form Ritmos Negros and how music can bring people together. Continue reading Piero Epifanía: “The only way I could stay close to my roots was through music”

Reintegration: How I became a stranger to my own culture

Returning to my home country after spending my adolescence abroad, I found that I no longer felt at home. Continue reading Reintegration: How I became a stranger to my own culture

Lecturer of Indology Dr. Mauna Kaushik spoke to Sip of Culture, shedding light on what it is like to be an Indian woman in Bulgaria. Continue reading Drawing parallels between Indian and Bulgarian cultures: A conversation with Dr. Mauna Kaushik

Launched by the not-for-profit organisation Multi Kulti Collective, the Migrants Got Talent campaign will run until March 2024 and present talented individuals who have migrated to Bulgaria. Continue reading Migrants Got Talent: breaking stereotypes and promoting integration

Age-old sayings and expressions such as “Il faut souffrir pour être belle” (One must suffer to be beautiful) programme us to believe that beauty is pain. Continue reading How we are programmed to believe that beauty is pain

Proverbs are short sentences that carry deep meanings and truths. Here are 3 things that Bulgarian sayings teach us. Continue reading What can you learn from Bulgarian proverbs?

Sip of Culture conducted a survey to find out how it feels to be an expatriate and woman in Bulgaria. Continue reading Expats reveal what it is like to be a woman in Bulgaria

Arabs and Eastern Europeans may speak different languages, eat different food, and dress differently. However, they share numerous similarities. Continue reading 3 similarities between Arabs and Eastern Europeans

The transition from childhood into womanhood shocks you as you realise you do not “become” a woman, you “learn” how to be one. Continue reading You do not become a woman, you learn how to be one

On the 1st of January, Bulgarians celebrate the new year and anticipate what lies ahead by making banitsa s kasmeti (banitsa – a type of pastry – with fortunes). Continue reading A Bulgarian New Year Tradition You Can Try Anywhere

“In controversies about technology and society, there is no idea more provocative than the notion that technical things have political qualities.” – Langdon Winner When we leave our homes and step outside, we never question why things are built the … Continue reading This is how a simple swing can reflect the social and moral codes of a culture

In the past 22 years of my life, I have (on countless occasions) experienced the confusion and discomfort which can arise as a result of intercultural communication. For the first six years of my life, my family and I lived … Continue reading Intercultural communication is confusing, awkward – and hilarious.