Bulgarian Martenitsa

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Bulgarian Martenitsa

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• Happy Granny March!
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Bulgarian Martenitsa

• The Story About Bulgarian Martenitsa ?????????

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Bulgarian Martenitsa

• A Legend of Martenitsa

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Bulgarian Martenitsa

• This widespread practice of wearing of
  Martenitza and its exclusive stability in the
  Bulgarian folk culture is explained with the
  believed magical power of the red colour. It is
  believed to have the magic power to chase away
  the evil spirits, the demons and the illneses.

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Bulgarian Martenitsa

• If you are walking along the streets in
  Bulgaria on the 1st of March you will wittness
  many smiling faces. But first of all your eyes
  will be captured by martenitza (martenitsa,
  martenica). Everyone has decorated their clothes
  with them. Moreover, you can see decorated dogs
  and cats. In the small villages in the mountains
  people decorate their domestic animals. Houses
  have their own martenitza as well.

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Bulgarian Martenitsa

• On the 1st of March everybody could wear
  martenitza, especially young children, just
  married couples or newly born domestic animals.
  The kids are the most enthused when practicing
  this traditional holiday. They accept Baba Marta
  as well as they accept Santa Clause, but they
  receive martenitza instead of a present.

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Bulgarian Martenitsa

• We wear martenitsa, because we believe that
  hereon everything will be better, we smile
  because the winter is over, the spring is coming.

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Bulgarian Martenitsa

• Many of the fabric threads are quite like
  dolls, and are called Pijo and Penda.

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Bulgarian Martenitsa
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Bulgarian Martenitsa
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Bulgarian Martenitsa

• Instructions for Making Martenitsas
• The simplest Martenitsa is the twisted red
  and white thread. You have  to tie some red and
  white thread together and then two people twist
  each end in opposite directions about 20 times
  and then put two ends together and smoothen it.
  One can tie beads on it as well. Different colors
  for the sun, trees, blue skies etc.

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Bulgarian Martenitsa
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Bulgarian Martenitsa

• Instructions for Making Martenitsa
• The simplest addition to the twisted thread
  are the skeins. Take one color thread and go
  about 30 times around your hand . Then tie it to
  one end of the twisted thread. Then do the same
  with the other colour.

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Bulgarian Martenitsa

• ??????? ???? ????? !Chestita Baba Marta !
• Happy Grandma Marta !????????? ?? ?? ?????
  ?????? ? ?????? !I wish you health and happiness
  !