This response should also be considered in connection with our response to the manipulations of the Hyde brothers and the Bogari Media they lead, available at https://fakti.bg/kultura-art/913818-todor-i-borana-iotovi-varhu-nas -se-izliva-slovesna-ataka-ot-kleveti-i-laji.Thracian
We have nothing against the “Festival of Thracian Mysteries” - about its music and choreography, the talent and labor of those who participate, oblivious to the manipulation and falsification they facilitate. What we object to regarding the Festival is the ideology based on the false translations of Thracian artefacts, with which the verbal chants propagated through the Festival and misleading the Bulgarian public, as well as the use of chants in the Bokhar language (one to one ), represented as Thracian. We do not denigrate the creators, but expose the false basis of what they are misled to propagate.
We have no connection whatsoever with the individuals Hyde manipulatively places as our like-minded people in the facts we present, and for whom they claim we act as surrogates. We do not have and have not expressed opinions against the Festival of Thracian Mysteries being presented anywhere, if it is cleared of factual falsehoods and in reality becomes what it is presented to be – reliable format - reconstruction of cultural, historical and cultural finds.
In none of our publications or manifestations have we discussed the faith of the Thracian Mysteries Festival creators, beyond the stated facts about the Thracian Church, which Hyde themselves do not deny or for which there is easily provable factual evidence to support them. We have never mentioned names anywhere, except those of members of the Gaidarski family (and the Georgievi sons, generally presenting themselves as Gaid), nor is there any call for discrimination in any way, nor are there any negative claims against any member of the Thracian Church, known internally as the “Council” – on the contrary, those whom we hope are not conscious participants in the forgeries and manipulations are repeatedly called “faithful, seeking men”.
While we have had a direct view of what is happening, only members of the Council participate in the organization of the Orfika Academy events, namely, in Plamen Ivanov's statement that castings were made, the desire to attract new people to this form of performance is evident of the cult. Regarding the involvement of young people in the organization “Thracian Church”, known internally as “Council”, through initial involvement in the productions of Orfika Academy, there are real cases for which not only we can share concrete facts with the concerned departments. About the participants in the Thracian Mysteries Festival – we have tried in our materials that all persons who can be recognized are properly hidden so as to remain unrecognizable, which in itself prevents the possibility of discrimination (although these persons are freely used by Orfica Academy in public presentation, documentary and promotional materials). Quite the opposite - Gaid and Bogari Media allowed themselves to reveal the faces of people who wished to remain anonymous, thereby inciting discrimination, as well as systematically using in their formats grotesque samples and collages of citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria, including those (like us) who do not are public figures.
We wish all artists from the Orfika Academy success in their work, free from manipulations and lies!
Todor and Boryana Yotovi
20.09.2024
City of Sofia