Oborishte

Oborishte (Bulgarian: Оборище) is a village located in the Panagyurishte municipality, Pazardzhik Province, western Bulgaria.

The surrounding country is hilly, covered with forests of oak, beech and fir in which mushrooms are particularly abundant in the late summer and autumn.

The main landmark is the 19th century church and its renewed bell-tower in which the national hero Vasil Levski had allegedly hidden.

On the central square rises the Town hall and the local Chitalishte (a kind of library) which is among the oldest in the region.

The traditional custom Kukeri is performed annually on the main square and is called by the locals Dzhumal (Джумал).

Oborishte.