THE CUSTOM MARTENITSA
eTwinning project
Tonka Panayotova
Blagoevgrad
Bulgaria
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Our city Blagoevgrad
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MARTENITSA
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This is Grandmother March! She comes in Bulgaria on March 1st and presents us martenitsi.
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This is the traditional Bulgarian martenitsa
Pizho and Penda
male female
white red
purity life
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The red and white woven threads symbolize the wish for good health.
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Beginning on the first of March, one or more are worn pinned to clothing, or around the wrist or neck, until the wearer sees a stork or swallow returning from migration, or a blossoming tree, and then removes the Martenitsa.
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