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LIK Editor-in-Chief Lozanov: We Bulgarians Largely Base Our Cultural Identity on Our Past
LIK Editor-in-Chief Lozanov: We Bulgarians Largely Base Our Cultural Identity on Our Past
LIK Editor-in-Chief Georgi Lozanov (on the screen), Managing Editor Yanitsa Hristova and BTA Director General Kiril Valchev at the launch of the March issue of LIK, March 24, 2025 (BTA Photo/Milena Stoykova)

Speaking at a presentation of the latest issue of of BTA's LIK magazine, Editor-in-Chief Assoc Prof Georgi Lozanov said: "In Bulgaria and the Balkans, we largely base our cultural identity on our past, namely, on our heritage. This sense of our rich past, of our history, which we have inherited, bolsters our confidence and makes us significant in our own eyes and in the eyes of others. Therefore, through this export of cultural heritage, we want to show the rest of the nations our own national role and significance."

The March issue is entitled "Bulgaria's Cultural Heritage Travels the World".

"It is a long discussion whether the past is the authentic way of building a contemporary cultural identity - this is very characteristic of the Balkans," said Lozanov. "This past largely depends on who we are today, what we can do with it today, how we can narrate it, whether we are even capable of narrating it, how we can relate to the great cultural wealth in our lands. This is the opportunity for our cultural identity to be restored as part of our own heritage. In other words, what heritage we have is reflected, even indirectly, in this issue of the LIK magazine.”

Yanitsa Hristova, Managing Editor of the March issue of LIK, recalled three archaeological exhibitions which travelled the world. In 1963, "Treasures of Bulgarian Museums" visited Paris and queues stretched for two blocks. The French Minister of Culture at the time called the exhibition the best of the season. In 1981, a Bulgarian exhibition visited New Delhi and was attended by Indira Gandhi, who was impressed by what she saw. In 1982, the exhibition toured Japan, where a local scholar said it demonstrated that the roots of the oldest civilizations originated in Bulgaria.

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