Dorkovo

Dorkovo (Bulgarian: Дорково; Aromanian: Dorcova[2]) is a village in the Rakitovo municipality, Pazardzhik Province, western Bulgaria.

Dorkovo is situated in the western Rhodope Mountains on the two banks of the river Matnitsa in the north-eastern parts of the Chepino Valley.

Further in southern direction is situated the municipal centre Rakitovo, while Velingrad the largest town in the area is at 14 km to the south-west.

The ensemble uses traditional Bulgarian musical instruments from the Rhodopi region - kaval, gaida, davul, goblet drum and tambura.

The first scientific expedition was organised in 1984 followed by an international one in 1985 in cooperation with Collège de France which discovered parts of mastodon skeletons.

Plan of the Tsepina fortress.