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The Martenitsa Day

On March 1st, all Bulgaria will be in red and white to celebrate the martenitsa (Martisor Day "March"). This festival, which originated in the legend of the snowdrop (read the article about the legend) is an opportunity for the Bulgarians to afford good-luck-shaped pendants and jewelry made ​​of wool twisted over red and white.It's a very famous festival in Bulgaria.

It symbolizes above all the late winter (during flowering of snowdrops) in Bulgaria and the first signs of spring as March is also the time of arrival of the storks in the country for the warm season.

Tradition has it that everyone is offered a Martisor: friends to friends, love to love, office colleagues, teachers and students, parents and children ... Once the pendant hanging from your wrist or your neck, you should remove it until you saw a stork. Once the bird outline, you can undo the Martisor and hanging from a tree for you and good luck bonheur.C is and the botanical garden of Varna turns into March: all trees are on the small branches lucky bicolor.

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