These are bracelets made of red and white thread that you give to everyone you know on the first of March. Everyone does it as it’s a tradition that everyone can get involved with regardless of age, nationality, background or beliefs. A couple of weeks before Baba Marta, temporary stalls pop up everywhere – particularly around public transport stops or anywhere with a lot of footfall – all of them selling countless varieties of martenitsi. You wear them until the first time you see a stork when you then take them off and hang them on the branch of a blossoming tree.
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