Lazarovden is a school tradition in Nova Zagora, Bulgaria where girls known as Lazarki sing and dance in the town to celebrate the holiday. Every year, girls and their teachers safeguard the old Bulgarian custom of the Lazarki performing special ritual songs for different people like the lass, lad, girl, and child. Being a Lazarka is popular among the girls because they receive white eggs for Easter. Lazarovden, or St. Lazar's Day, is always held on the Saturday before Easter with the following day known as Cvetnica.

1. Easter is near

2. Lazarovden. It is a school’s tradition, our
LAZARKI to sing and dance in our town – Nova
Zagora.

3. We safe the old Bulgarian tradition and some of our girls, with
their teachers: Stoeva and Moneva every year greeting our town
with this tradition.

4. The LAZARKI sing special, ritual
songs

5. They know them from their Grands

6. There is a different song for the lass, the lad, the girl,
the child, the host, the shepherd and etc.

7. A lot of our girls want to be
LAZARKA

8. Because it, they receive white eggs
for Easter

9. LAZAROVDEN /St. Lazar’s Day/ -
always on Saturdays a week
before Easter –
next day is the day of flowers –
CVETNICA
RD - 2008