Entertainment
Most Bulgarians have little spare money, and the range of entertainment on offer reflects this. Thanks to past state subsidies most provincial towns have a theatre and most big cities an opera house , but their programmes have been curtailed in recent years - though financial cut-backs have had less effect on puppet theatre ( kuklen teatar , a popular art form with children. Although Bulgaria is renowned for its folk music , visitors are only likely to see it performed in three situations: at folklore festivals; by regional ensembles such as the Pirin Song and Dance troupe; or as part of the entertainments laid on for package tourists. If young Bulgarians listen to folk music at all, it tends to be the pop-folk crossover music known as chalga - a mish-mash of Greek, Serbian and Turkish styles which dominates the playlists of national radio stations and small-town discos alike. Although a new generation of ear-bending DJs are beginning to spring up in urban clubs, locally produced rock or rap is generally dire, and regular gig venues are few and far between, although Sofia has a few live music bars, and the capital sometimes plays host to foreign bands.
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