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Play Tweet Your Prize on Twitter for your chance to win some fantastic jewelrymaking stuff!!

Add @Artbeads on Twitter, then to enter, simply follow the instructions below for tweeting a link to the item you’d like to win and telling your Twitter followers about the giveaway. With each giveaway, you’ll have a chance to win your favorite item in the featured prize category.

To play Tweet Your Prize, keep an eye on tweets from @Artbeads and be ready to act fast. Each Tweet Your Prize giveaway will only be open for limited time. After the entry deadline, we’ll pick a winner at random from among all of the Tweet Your Prize players. The winner will be sent a direct Twitter message and will be announced through a new @Artbeads Twitter message as soon as they claim their prize.

If you are already on Twitter, you’re ready to play. If not, just visit www.twitter.com and create your Twitter account. Now let’s have some fun!

CURRENT GIVEAWAY DETAILS
Prize Category: Express Yourself Sale
Entry Begins: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Entry Ends: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9AM PT
Winner Selected: Tuesday, June 16, 2009


HOW TO ENTER:
Step 1: Follow @Artbeads on Twitter so we can direct message you if you win.

Step 2: Pick your favorite item from the current Express Yourself Sale prize category page.

Step 3: Create a short URL of your favorite item’s description page by visiting www.tinyurl.com or other site to shorten the page URL.

Step 4: Copy the message in bold below to your Twitter message box and edit it to replace the words “PASTE ITEM TINY URL” with the new Tiny URL you just created of the prize you want to win. Your new message should also include the second TINY URL that goes to this Tweet Your Prize information page. This way your friends will know how to play too! Now, tweet your message. Good luck!

I would express myself with this PASTE ITEM TINY URL from @Artbeads! Tweet your favorite for a chance to win http://tinyurl.com/djzynl

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Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is in Southeastern Europe that’s bordered by Greece, Turkey, Serbia, North Macedonia and the Black Sea. It was founded from an empire that deeply influenced the Slavic nations and was once part of the Eastern bloc controlled by Russia.

Bulgaria Facts

  • Bulgaria is 42,855 square miles, or 110,994 square kilometers, with a population near 6.5 million.
  • Its capital and largest city is Sofia.
  • The Bulgarian Empire, from which the nation takes its name, took power in the area in the late 7th century and developed Cyrillic script, which is used for many Slavic languages. The country was under Ottoman rule for almost five centuries, but it declared its independence in 1908.
  • Bulgaria sided with Germany in both world wars and became part of the Eastern bloc led by the Soviet Union in 1946. The Communist Party ceded control in the late 1980s and Bulgaria adopted a democratic constitution in 1991.
  • It is a unitary parliamentary republic with a president and a prime minister as well as a National Assembly.
  • The word Bulgar might have some from a word meaning to mix or stir, or a derivative of that word that means revolt or disorder. About 85 percent of the country is ethnically Bulgarian, and the official language is Bulgarian.

Bulgarian National Symbols

The Bulgarian flag is made of three horizontal stripes, one white, one green and one red. It was adopted when they gained independence from the Ottoman Empire.

The national anthem, “Mila Rodino,” or “Dear Motherland,” was adopted in 1964 but its lyrics have been changed many times, most recently in 1990, and a shortened version was approved in 1991.

The Eurasian griffon vulture is considered the national bird, and a lion is used as it heraldic symbol.

The patron saint of Bulgaria is Saint John of Rila, the first Bulgarian hermit, whose followers founded many churches in his honor, including the famous Rila Monastery, now a UNESCO World Heritage site (and a very cool looking building).

The national instrument is the kaba gaida, a bagpie that is native to Bulgaria.

Bulgaria Activities for Kids

Listen to the kaba giada in this video, or you can listen for two hours(!) here.

Learn more about Bulgarian folk dancing and watch some people doing it. The people in this video are also wearing traditional Bulgarian folk costumes, which is fun to see. (As a knitter I love those socks!) You can learn more about Bulgarian folk costumes here or at Meet the Slavs.

See what your name looks like in Cyrillic and see if you can write it! You can also learn the sounds of the Bulgarian alphabet here.

Learn more about Bulgaria from Kids World Travel Guide, or check out the resources available at Teachers Pay Teachers.

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