Have
a wonderful spring! And receive a Romanian Mărțișor from us!
Mărțișor (mərt͡siˈʃor) is a celebration at the beginning of spring, on March the 1st in Romania, Moldova, and all territories inhabited by Romanians.
The word Mărțișor is the diminutive of Marț, the old folk name for March (martie, in modern Romanian), and thus literally means "little March".
Mărțișor,
marț and mărțiguș are all names for the red and white string with hanging
tassel customarily given on the 1st day of March. Giving this talisman to
people is an old custom, and it is believed that the wearer will be strong and
healthy for the year to come. It is also a symbol of the coming spring.
Usually, both women and men wear it pinned to their clothes, close to the
heart, until the last day of March, when they tie it to a fruit-tree twig.
This
is also the symbol of friendship!
Alexandra
Anicolaesei
