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Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. There are many versions of this myth, whose name seems to come from the Byzantine calendar that is on March 1 when the Holy Martyr Evdokia was celebrated. Likewise, in a small ornament with white and red, was created with the role of talisman meant to accompany wishes good luck and love, health, happiness and prosperity.
From March 1st to March 8th, when Romania celebrates Women’s Day and Mother’s Day, everything revolves around these tiny gifts. Mars was not only the god of war but also the god of agriculture, which contributes to the rebirth of vegetation. Traditionally boys give to girls, as gifts, the ‘Martisor’ symbol; nevertheless, there are several regions in Romania where the girls are the ones to offer the gifts. When Dochia sees the fruits she believes that spring has come and leaves for the mountains with her son and her flock.Although women usually receive a symbolic mărțișor from men, in some areas of the country, men also receive mărțișoare. Another custom is the old lay’s baptism, meaning sick children are baptized again with a different name to chase away the evil and illness. The two threads twisted together, red and white or red and black, symbolized the unity of opposing forces: summer-winter, heat-cold, fertility-barrenness, light-dark, but also fierce, tumultuous life, youth, passionate love (red) twisted around purity, candid, clean, and new, virginal light (white). Girls and boys were gifted with this special thread on the 1st of March, before the sun showed its face up on the sky. Traditionally, both women and men used to wear Martisor pinned to their jackets and blouses, close to the heart, until the last day of March, when they would hang it to a fruit-tree twig.
Martisor (Mărțișor) is a celebration at the beginning of spring, on March 1st, in Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria. The fight was short, a sword against a claw, a good heart against a wicked one, an honest mind against a twisted one, and surprisingly (but not to me and I hope that not to you either) Braveheart won.They were worn, to bring good luck and good weather, from March 1 until the first trees would bloom. If you are the originator/copyright holder of this photo/item and would prefer it be excluded from our community, contact us here for removal. In Romania, the most superstitious ones say that the person who finds a horseshoe has to throw it over his/her shoulder or place it on one of the house’s walls for good luck. On this day, and even until March 8, men offer women martisoare - small symbolic items tied with a red and white entwined cord, as a sign of respect and love.
They were wearing it, maiden and wives, lasses and ladies, boys too, pinned to their chest, above the heart or around their wrists. The daughter of Decebal, chased by Trajan’s men, turned herself into a rock, thus escaping the slavery humiliation. st of March, 1 Martie Martisor, especially the red and white thread, is still alive in Romania, and everywhere a Romanian heart beats, but also in the lands once populated by the Thracian tribes such as Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria, North of Macedonia, Greece, and within Romanian communities from Serbia and Ukraine. How interesting to have only the two seasons … the way of the weather these days it almost feels right!One can also choose to give a heart-shaped martisor, which is the symbol of love and affection, a star martisor, which also represents good luck, or an owl martisor, which is the symbol of wisdom. Before the 19th century various other colors were used: black and white in Mehedinți and in Aromanian communities, red only in Vâlcea, Romanați, Argeș, Neamț, and Vaslui, black and red in Brăila, white and blue in Vrancea, or even multiple colours in areas of southern Transylvania and Moldova. The traditional ‘Martisor’ is thought to be a silver coin with a red/white cord, made by girls and tied by the hand, dating back to 1905. Some legends say that the red-white thread was first spun by Old Dokia, Baba Dochia, as she took her sheep grazing up the mountain.
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