Vakarelski, Khristo Tomov
Vakarelski, Khristo Tomov
Born Dec. 15, 1896, in the village of Momina-Klisura, Pazardzhik District. Bulgarian ethnologist, specialist on Bulgarian ethnology.
Vakarelski developed the typology for a number of elements of Bulgarian material culture (agricultural implements, clothing, dwellings) and extensively applied the method of ethnologic cartography.
WORKS
Bitu i eziku na trakiiskite i maloaziiskite bulgari, part 1. Bitu. Sofia, 1935.Svatdebnata pesen. Miastoto i sluzhbatai v svatbeniia obred. Sofia, 1937.
Etnografia Bułgarii. Wroclaw, 1965.