BULGARIAN CONTRIBUTIONS

Objectives:
First, to revive the truth about the Bulgarian's' historical role and contribution to world civilization and culture;
Second, to make the international public aware of the influence, role and significance of the ancient Bulgarians' civilization;
Third, to add to Paisiy's History of the Bulgarian People and show it to the world.

TANGRA. The name of the Foundation is the popular sounding of the name of the old Bulgarians' God, which scholarly studies have revealed to symbolize the philosophical triunity of the notions Tan (Universe), Nak (Man) and Ra (God). This was one of the earliest expressions of human understanding of the world's unity and harmony. The written evidence about this dates back to the millennium B.C. Tangra is one of the earliest religious and cultural beliefs in the history of mankind.
The ancient Bulgarians came from the Valleys of the Pamir mountain and the neighbouring Valley of Tarim situated between Tian Shan and the north side of Tibet from where their dispersion began to other parts of the world. Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833 - 1905) considers the Valley of Pamir and Tarim to be the center of the first civilization.In Pamir they organized their earliest states - the ancient Balgar and Balhara. In Europe the Bulgarians founded three more states - Bulgaria under khan Kubrat, Bulgaria on Volga river, Bulgaria of today, founded by the great khan Asparouh on the Danube river.
The ancient Bulgarians bequeathed to the world rich cultural heritage: concerning the philosophical perception of the world, social organization, art of war, literature, linguistic culture, construction-building, astronomy and mathematics. UNESCO recognizes the ancient Bulgarians' calendar as the most precise of all calendars known so far.

The logo of the Foundation is the so-called "celestial turtle", a graphic representation of the ancient Bulgarians' philosophical concept of the structure and movement of the universe.
The holiday of the Foundation, 23 March, is the traditional festive day of the ancient Bulgarians, the day on which, following the end of winter, inspection was made of the cavalry. It is the day of the spring equillibrium.
In different periods and in various degrees the Bulgarians participated in the creation of the ethnogenesis of a whole of a number of peoples in the Volga region and in the Caucasus, including today's Chuvash, Tatar, Chechen, Kabardinobalkar, Ingush, Abkhas and other republics and regions in the CIS.
On the Balkans the powerful Bulgarian state system united with the ancient Thracian ethnos and the Slavonic tribes and led them in a decisive march against the successors of the Roman Empire, Byzantium and the Kingdom of the Franks. A third empire in Europe came into existence on the crossroad between Europe, Asia and Africa. This is Bulgaria of today.
The purpose of our joint efforts is to cultivate human dignity and awareness in the children of the Bulgarian people scattered like sand all over the world by the tricks of history.

Adress :
Sofia, Bulgaria, P.O.B. 1832 tel. ++359 2 986 4419 fax. ++359 2 986 6945
e-mail: mail@tangra-bg.org ; tangra@bitex.com