The People of Bulgaria - Bulgarians

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[hajduk]

Quite representative

[_______]

a varied bunch, many very attractive

[bluesky]

the most of them is very slavic looking

[Lithium]

Just for the record she is 1/4 Cuban. Otherwise the examples are very good and cover a large spectrum of the Bulgarian look.

[bluesky]

the 12th picture is very ex yugoslavian looking / russian looking he reminds me of a serbian guy

[hajduk]

My opinion is that bulgarians in look are between Central Eastern europeans and Southern Europeans. Some could pass as North Eastern Europeans, but North western types are absent

[memobekes]

Bulgarians are pred. Mediterranid in race, of the Pontid variety most often but then again it's difficult to seperate this type from say, the Atlanto-Mediterranid. There's a good deal of overlapping.

Dinarids can also be found, but more so in the Northwest. At least it's not a major element as a whole or when compared to ex-Yugoslavia or Romania.

Ost-Alpinid and Baltid strains are also prominent. Quite often I would say they appear as a secondary element.

I think that most Bulgarians look similar to Serbs just that the latter tend to have longer faces, which is hardly a surprise given that the Dinarid strain is stronger there. Also I think that Bulgarians, owing to Mediterranid tendencies, have more curvooccipital/dolichocephalic skulls, while this trait is perhaps slightly less encountered in Serbia. Although it seems that the younger generation tend not to have flattened skulls.

Regards.