With wishes of good health, joy and celebrating the rebirth of nature with the coming spring! 🌿
1 March, 2024
Martenitsas, usually in the form of a wrist band, small yarn dolls, or tassels, are created by combining red and white colored threads and are worn on that day and throughout March.
They are worn until a stork or a swallow is seen, symbolizing the coming of spring, warmer weather, and well-being.
In March these amulets, worn around one's wrists and on their attire, can be seen almost everywhere in Bulgaria and in the neighboring regions.
Once the stork or a swallow appears, the Martenitsa is taken off and hung on a blooming tree. It is common in the spring to see trees festooned in Martenitsas.
Being a purely pagan ritual by origin, Baba Marta Day is one of the oldest continuing traditions in Christian Europe.
