The "Barite" complex, property of "Katelievi 90" Ltd, is located 36 km northwest of Varna, in the forest of the village of Chernevo. It spreads over 18 decares at 160 m above sea level.
It comprises 5 houses, a national-style resturant built of stone and wood, an open-air museum of crafts, an ethnographic collection of lifestyle items of the population from the villagfe of Chernevo, a hall for quiet games, and a children's playground. The construction of the houses, the interior and exterior furnishing of the complex is provided by “Katelievi” 90 Ltd. from the city of Varna.
There are three pools built in the complex, stocked with carp, offering opportunities for fishing. The hunting lodge offers amenities for pleasant gatherings of smaller companies.
The complex has Bulgarian-style houses , each of which features 2 independent entrances . One of them has a double room with an en-suite bathroom and toilet, and the other – a flat comprising a living-room, bedroom and bathroom with toilet . The rooms are furnished with solid wood furniture, which brings in coziness and comfort in the interior . Each house is equipped with television sets, cable television, and air-conditioners.
The restaurant, built of rock and wood, makes the impression of a home atmosphere, where one can share the tasty food with friends and enjoy the invigorating power of various drinks.
The menu includes national cuisine dishes, with the basic principle of their cooking being " Quality dishes are prepared from quality products”. The height of pleasure is the choice of “parlenki” (dampers), whose sight tempts each visitor and are prepared only at the "Barite".
In winter the live fire in the fireplace predisposes each guest to calmness and oblivion of the city clamour. Every night an orchestra entertains the guests, performing music of all genres.
Ecopath.The "Barite" complex is a part of a tourist route that passes by the Banovo group of the Pobiti Kamani (the Petrified Forest) next to the village of Banovo. The route goes through an easily negotiable forest and naturally introduces the marvels of Bulgarian nature and the wonderful recreation places. The green corridor is a recreation and health zone for the entire population, and can be used by ecotourists of different age groups, as well as by disadvantaged people.
The tourist route is made to a project of the “Lend a hand to Suvorovo” Association and funded by the German Marshall Fund of the USA, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund via the Bulgarian Environmental Partnership Foundation.
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village of Chernevo keeps various national customs, which the group for authentic folklore at the “Zora” community centre interprets very attractively – carol singing, St. Lazar's Day dancing, mummery, Enyovden (Midsummer Day), etc.
The Custom of Enyov Day (Midsummer Day). A traditional summer ritual holiday. On this day at early dawn before sunrise both the young and the old start to the highest place in the village to meet the sunrise. Herbs are gathered for good health. On Midsummer's day they have the most curative power. A young child, dressed in long white attire, with a herbal wreath on the head, is the symbol of the holiday. The child is called Enyovche . Everybody meets the sunrise, which overturns three times, with waving of the hands. Herb in hand, they all head to the church, and afterwards the maids begin to sing and visit in turn the houses to wish health and rich harvest . Only on Enyov day the maiden may join the ring dance without her parents and do the “colourful” ring dance – the maiden dancing next to the lad. This is during the harvest season. The holiday ends with the village square full of people and joy until noon, and afterwards everyone goes harvesting .
The ethnographic complex not only exhibits the national traditions, but it enables every visitor to become a part of them and feel the spirit of national lifestyle.
Breeding sheep also developed the basics, necessary in the Bulgarians' lifestyle. The sheared wool was washed and carded to become fluffier. It was divided into distaff-fuls, which were folded with an interesting little belt to the distaff and with the help of the spindle a thread was extracted from the distaff with the necessary for the housewife thickness. This was called spinning .
In each house there was a loom, as each family had to make fabric for clothes, fabric for covering, and fabric for winter covering – cherga . The spun threads from the spindle were coiled on a wooden crutch, and then they were dyed and afterwards were coiled on bobbins with different colours , which were installed on the so-called shuttles. Spinning is an art that the woman in the Bulgarian family knew well. Wonderful combinations of colours, hues and pictures came from her hands, taken from the nature and lifestyle of the people surrounding her .
Fulling mill. "The water is clean, the shirt – white, and the soap intact". By rolling the wool fabrics they become softer and gain a fluffy surface. Later the facility was employed for washing, which was done without the use of soap or detergents.
Pottery is connected with the utensils that are necessary in housekeeping. One of the most ancient methods of making earthenware is demonstrated here, with the help of a potter's wheel. A special mixture called potter's clay was moulded, then baked and afterwards craftsmen painted on the little bowls, plates, earthen jugs, and other vessels. Thus they were ready to enter the people's homes .
Ironmongery was necessary because of the tools and labour implements necessary for land cultivation: the plough , hoe , spade , axe, etc .
Carpentry as a craft is connected with the furnishing of the Bulgarian house, the labour implements also needed wood, processed in a certain way, depending on its purpose .
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