MacDermott, Mercia (1998). Bulgarian Folk Customs. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. стр. 226. ISBN1-85302-485-6. Приступљено 20. 12. 2011. „While dancing round fires and jumping over fires forms part of many Slav customs, dancing on fire does not, and it is therefore likely that nestinarstvo was inherited by the Bulgarians from the Hellenized Thracians who inhabited the land before them.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)