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Bulgarian Martenitsa

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Bulgarian Martenitsa

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    1. Bulgarian Martenitsa ??????? ???? ?????! Happy Granny March! INFOCENTER Ltd., Tryavna Bulgaria

    2. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 2 Bulgarian Martenitsa The Story About Bulgarian Martenitsa ?????????

    3. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 3 A Legend of Martenitsa Bulgarian Martenitsa

    4. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 4

    5. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 5 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.

    6. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 6 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.

    7. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 7 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.

    8. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 8 Bulgarian Martenitsa Many of the fabric threads are quite like dolls, and are called Pijo and Penda.

    9. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 9 Bulgarian Martenitsa

    10. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 10 Bulgarian Martenitsa

    11. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 11 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.

    12. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 12 Bulgarian Martenitsa

    13. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 13 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.

    14. ATTIC Project Meeting Kerteminde Denmark 14 Bulgarian Martenitsa ??????? ???? ????? ! Chestita Baba Marta ! Happy Grandma Marta !????????? ?? ?? ????? ?????? ? ?????? ! I wish you health and happiness !

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