Cherry blossom and Martenitsa by y_dokov

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on May 04, 2011

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Description

Martenitsa is a small piece of adornment, made of white and red yarn and worn from the first day of March until you see the first time a stork or a blossoming tree. Wearing Martenitsa is Bulgarian tradition related to welcoming the upcoming spring. It symbolises new life, conception, fertility, and spring. The people tie their martenitsa on a branch of a fruit tree, thus giving the tree health and luck, which the person wearing the martenitsa has enjoyed himself while wearing it.