Chanatsite Lakes and Haramiyata Peak in Rila Mountain
Chanatsite Lakes
The longest river, that flows entirely on Bulgarian territory, is Iskar river. There are several huge dams, built to store its waters, and it satisfies the needs of water of millions of people. And this big river starts from here, from a little spring, just above these two small lakes in Rila mountain- Big Chanak and Small Chanak Lakes. And because water is life, one can literally see life on the next photos in one of its initial forms :). I've passed so many times by this river at different places around Bulgaria, where it looks like a really bog river, so to see it like this, just one tiny little spring, was strange. I had no idea that these two lakes even exist , and I am really happy that I found out about them, this is the next super amazing new place in the mountains for me. Just one ridge separates them from the circus of the Seven Rila Lakes, and above them is Haramiyata peak(2465m), which offers really cool view of four of the seven lakes. My wish was to go to one other higher peak which has a view of all the lakes, but it was a rainy day so it will happen some other time, I hope.
Paneurhythmy
Every year thousands followers of a spiritual leader - Peter Deunov (Beinsa Duno), gather at that area, welcome the sunset and perform a system of exercises - paneurhythmy, created by this teacher 100 years ago. It happens in august , they come to celebrate the New Year of the Sun around the lakes. I think that initially the place for these meetings was near Big Chanak Lakes, but now as the people that come are just too many, they gather and dance near the fifth of the Seven Rila lakes. I’ve never been there to see that celebration, and probably I should check it this year. They gather in concentrated circles, all dressed in white clothes and perform the exercises, listening to music, written by the teacher. As I’ve already shared in other posts - Rila is claimed to be one of places with the strongest energy field on the planet. It is sacred!
Source of the photo above and more about the paneurhythmy - http://enlightened-humanity.net/paneurhythmy/
I am really surprised that there is such a cool little pathway, almost like a secret one, so close to the lakes, but without crossing at all the big pathways with many people. I met no one there, and it was during the weekend. It was like this part of Rila was preserved for the people from the White Brotherhood(the followers of Beinsa Duno). The first part of it has the cool name “soul extortion”, it is really steep and goes directly to a hut, near one of the Rila Lakes, and then, before the Chanak Lakes it goes by a low forest from creeping pines, where they had made many clean spots around the hills to put their tents there. It’s like a whole tent neighbourhood, prepared for the holiday in August(that time it was completely empty). The places for the tents are not random, of course, but the best possible for watching the sunrise.
.. before continuing to the peak and The Chanak lakes.
All of the next photos are taken from the ridge, leading to Haramiyata peak. It was raining and you can see the mist on the photos.
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Beautiful 👍🏻and great pictures 😊
Thank you very much, @harkar :)))
Great post, great pictures, great landscape, great sunset. first image very beautiful, gives shows how small people are in the environment of nature :)
Thank you so much, @karja! Glad you liked it :))
You are a adventurous brave girl 😊
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Браво, че сте отразили събитието! Някой от снимките са наистина невероятни...
Енергията се усеща.
Благодаря ти! иначе събитието е през август :)
Да, аз не знам защо, но си помислих, че вече е август :)))
You certainly get yourself into some great spots Daniela. Another good post here showcasing the amazing Rila area.
I’m sorry I haven’t commented too much in the last several weeks as I am still away in Europe. It’s good to see you return with a post after a week or so though. I always enjoy your posts.
Thank you very much, Galen!! I certainly do 😃I was actually afraid for a while that I’ll get used to it and stop noticing the beauty, but it turned out, that it is exactly the opposite :D I love Rila ☺️And that hike was truly awesome.
I enjoyed following your Europe journey, but I missed your funny comments! :) Hope you guys have great last vacation days!
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