![]() ![]() Baba Marta Day (1st March) Baba Marta Day (1st March) The price is very accessible, around 1 or 2 levas but you can find lots with 10 for only 2 levas and easy to get it, sold on stalls everywhere in town and countryside. Sometimes, a small symbol is attached to these threads : heart, letter, flower or, in Bulgaria, the traditional dolls Pizho and Penda, both Martenitsa. You will find only 2 colors for Martenitsa : the white and red, realized with red and white threads in wool, cotton or silk. Pizho, the male doll, is usually predominantly white Penda, the female doll, is distinguished by her skirt and is usually predominantly red. This bracelet consists of two small wool dolls, Pizho and Penda (Bulgarian: Пижо и Пенда). ![]() Her holiday of the same name is celebrated in Bulgaria on March, the 1st, with the exchange and wearing of martenitsi. Baba Marta is the name of a mythical figure who brings with her the end of the cold winter and the beginning of the spring. In France, we have not this kind of custom and it is always curious and interesting to know what does it mean exactly.īaba Marta in Southeastern Europe is a traditional Bulgarian, Romanian and Moldovan festival that symbolizes the arrival of Spring. As Italian hang their shoes on the electric wires that sometimes find themselves very busy, Bulgarian hang their Baba Marta bracelets on trees and it is pretty nice. The first time we went in Bulgaria, we were really surprised to see many threads and bracelets on the trees in the center of Sofia, in the Parks, everywhere on the trees. What’s more about this Bulgarian traditional custom. The first March, everywhere in Bulgaria, for the Baba Marta all Bulgarians wear and offer a martenitsa, a cute bracelet as a lucky door. ![]()
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