Did you ever stay up all night as a kid to stalk a karakonjul?
Or perhaps you are aware of what every frog should know?
And have you ever come across a puzzle where you have to find out what that tiny black thing is, which, however, also lifts the king out of bed?
How about tying your tongue to a thread in your attempt to encourage Peter to weave his web?
These are just examples of things that are very likely to have happened to you if you have anything to do with Bulgaria. Part of the reasons why there is Vezba.
About 5 years ago, the two of us met in the dog park of an inter-block space, in a metropolitan neighborhood.
That's how our acquaintance began - side by side on the block while our dogs played.
We started seeing each other more often and we each told each other about our interests, who believed in what, what they dreamed of.
Our conversations focused on the first thing we found that united us.
And it was simple - we both passionately love our country and our common love for folklore. We told each other our favorite stories from childhood, asked each other riddles, talked about customs.
Thus was born the idea of Vezba, which combined our qualities and skills to become what you know now.
In the beginning it was very difficult. Two people who are yet to discover a whole new world, with all its conventions and unknowns. But before every obstacle we gritted our teeth and rolled up our sleeves, because we know from childhood that good things require time and effort.
And just when we were on the verge of giving up, life met us with faithful like-minded people, in the form of our friends from Fam.Social , who reminded us that what we do has meaning and helps us with all our digital presence. That's how our group of guardians came into being.
We never imagined that we would meet so much support, from people scattered all over the world. Alas, quite a few brands like us were not so lucky. And what we've learned along the way is that with little or no competition, the responsibility becomes much greater. But this also gives us a huge boost to move forward in the endeavor.
Here it seems to us a suitable place to dispel the mystique along with our symbol - the Boril sparrow.
Why Boril was "born" and takes an active role in our mission, we owe mainly to two reasons:
- The sparrow is that bird that is found on almost every continent. Just as our people are scattered around the world.
- Another characteristic feature is that it does not migrate. So we decided to stay in our beautiful country.
And since the birds in our folklore are mainly heralds of something, we gave him the important role to be ours. From here on, you will meet him quite often talking to you in an email or in a post. And sometimes he will tell you stories about embroidery, customs and mysterious creatures. Sometimes he can also ask you riddles or make personal suggestions.
The reason for our entire transformation is our desire to make the information about customs, folklore and needlework suitable for reading even by the youngest. Because to turn a story into a fairy tale, we need a sweet-talking narrator. And what could be better than that, for him to be a fairy-tale hero, a hero.
We hope you like and enjoy this initiative of ours, we would like to mention that if you need our human intervention, you can always contact us.
Thank you for your attention.
With respect,
Tsvetomir and Zdravko
/founders of Vezba/