Children, parents, teachers from the Bulgarian schools around the world went to work at the martenitsa workshops wherever they may live to twist red and white thread together and make a martenitsa , the token of health, luck and… the coming..
Today is the day on which, here in Bulgaria, we banish winter to make way for spring. And we do it with a symbol we pin onto our clothes – the martenitsa. The roots of the red-and-white health amulet go back to the distant past. The martenitsa is..
Every year on March 1, people in Bulgaria put on red and white martenitsas – a symbol of health, happiness, marking the end of winter and the coming of spring. Called Granny Marta, March 1 is the day on which we say goodbye to winter and wish..
March 1 is a feast day Bulgarians love very much. It marks the coming of spring, a day on which friends and relatives exchange martenitsas – traditional amulets made of intertwined white and red thread. On this day young and old..
