Comments on: 1st of March is Mărţişor

By: bob

bob — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:24:12 +0000

Last week I gave my Romanian language tutor some flowers tied with red and white roses and she was delighted and gave us all a impromptu lecture and slide show on Martisorul . Learning a language is about learning the culture as well. So I’m glad to see it here.

By: arabesque

arabesque — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:09:49 +0000

i don;t know of such tradition, thnx for sharin,
i have to say that i love to have one of these cute trinkets.

By: nordligvind

nordligvind — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:43:52 +0000

Romanian martenitsas look far better than Bulgarian ones

By: Bill B

Bill B — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:50:15 +0000

What a nice idea.

By: Bucharestian

Bucharestian — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:08:27 +0000

As noted in the Wiki article, they also observe this celebration in Bulgaria, where, after wearing it, people actually use the Mărțișor red and white thread by tying it on fruit tree branches. The tradition might have started with a pagan belief (as many of the still surviving even religious traditions in the Balkans). It then probably merged in with the Roman habit where wives and daughters used to tie small red and white threads on legionaries’ ankles before they went to war.
As for the present, it is nice to have the city invaded by street vendors (apart from the year round ones), it brings forward the Oriental part of it

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:37:17 +0000

Thank you for posting this. I’ve never heard of the tradition, but I like it a lot!

By: VP

VP — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:38:53 +0000

I really like this kind of pictures and I’m always happy to learn of new holidays!

By: Renee

Renee — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:25:07 +0000

What a wonderful custom! Very colorful picture as well.

By: leif hagen

leif hagen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:23:37 +0000

Very cute and colorful gift objects! Did you wear one pinned to your shirt?