MARTENICA

With Baba Marta and March connect many customs and festivals dedicated to the coming spring. The most famous custom associated with Baba Marta is zakichvaneto of women, girls, children and young animals Martenitza. Bulgarians put your unique amulet and wish health and happiness with the words “Happy Grandma Marta”.

In folk spring comes the arrival of Baba Marta. Her dual image – sometimes hilarious, sometimes angry, both affirming and happy, presents the female, the beginning of life and at the same time, women again, but elemental crumbling home. March is the only female month, it is the month of conception of spring and the land that will bear the summer and fruitfulness. His character is martenitsa symbol of awakening and the cult of the sun.

Martenici
/ folk song /
Stork, stork,
Turn around!
Bring your little one !
We take martenici
To bring a new summer!
New summer-warm summer!
Stork, stork,
Turn around!

The white color symbolizes first man, the power light solar zone. Later, under the influence of Christian mythology indicates the integrity and virginity – the white is the color of Christ. Red is the woman and health: it is a sign of blood, conception and razhdaneto.Da recalled that initially women’s wedding dress are red. Matenitsa is kind of amulet against evil forces and wearing a martenitsa is a magical ritual act: the twisted red and white wool threads protect people through the mechanisms of black magic.

Snowflake / Verginia Genova /
A little snowflake white snowflakes in a generally thin feet, ringing with a little bell:
- From dream awake, eyes open! Jack Frost goes, spring sun arrives.

Hellebore
Hellebore, funny,
slouch cap is again,
zelenee objectives are,
but his smile shining.
Wind waves Kites!
Quickly remove their coats,
pipe and sleigh,
even remove the wheels.

Tradition
Morning housewives or extend their homes to catch red aprons, belts, yarns, rugs or folded red thread: they kept the house, not come evil – disease and poverty. Having seen them, Grandma Martha would laugh and pekne sun.The women twisted white and red threads – martenitzas who tied or hung from every family. Martenitsa must be twisted, as the girls are tied around the lads. Martenitsas brides have the right, girls – left. Bachelors wear tease ends with a mature male – to cut the knot, not to fly around at gatherings.
Usually made of wool, martenitsas are in the form of coins, beads, tassels, and pulcheta anemone (grozdcheta).
Unique Bulgarian and are unique Tri Pis Pijo and Penda.(pictured left)
Martenitsas keep the lesson and human diseases; be removed only when the first stork is seen after being removed to attach a blossoming (or green) tree. In other places it put under a big stone and then 9 days later and see what is underneath. If they find ants, the year will be rich in sheep, if there are other larger bugs – then the cows in cattle. So somewhere martenitsas “gadalushka.Else throw it in the river, so water them and everything goes wrong to end. It is said: “Gone trudnotiya winter and spring hubostiya left me!”
In some parts called the week beginning 1 March counting days – which determine what will be the time during the year. Widespread is another custom – election day: think of any given day to 22 March and it knows what it will be the year – sunny, will be successful and if the weather is bad, difficult. First martenitzas for wearing people and livestock were only twisted red and white thread, with no additions to it. In some areas of the threads tied gold or silver coin, blue beads, but rather played the role of popular mascot – to protect people from diseases, livestock and fruit trees.National sense of beauty, creating original works, occurs later. The red color in the life of our people is a means to prevent disease. To remember that young mothers and small children tie a red thread of twisted wrist. White Wave in matenitsa promises long life and Red – health and strength, as needed in late winter when the vital energy and food stocks are running low.

Spring is coming
/ Elin Pelin /
Ah, I feel, now comes the spring
in the hands and fresh bunch of flowers!
Hair and – winding vines and ivy
white crown on the head and scattered.
Clothes and – pale roses, plum flowers
lips and honey bees Officers.
Go where she gives a gift with joy –
hellebore, white snowdrop, crocus.
Smile – the sun clearly over the world …
Hey, go to postreshtnem spring!

Matenitsa – a powerful magical amulet
“Martenitsas” or “baynitsi”
For centuries people is known that the energy field of the Earth in March is strong because: the forces of nature awakens, the vernal equinox occurs while starting the next zodiac cycle. People from ancient times to try to propitiate nature, and create mascots. This is matenitsa in our land. Martenitsa is the traditional two main colors – red and white at the time of her grandmother making, which makes it for health, luck and protection from evil. We call this namely (baene) was the essence and transform it into a powerful magical talisman, coding for a defined purpose.
The roots of matenitsa are magical rituals of Proto for spring awakening the natural forces. Especially magical significance is attributed to the 1 st “March moon”, ie of the March 1-it is full. Then the girls in the age prenuptial capture of dance to zadomyat year. Magicians put eggs under his arm, which according to folk beliefs on Maundy Thursday-hatch chicks mamnitsi.These chicks are able to lure the corn and milk from foreign fields and cows.
In all Saturdays from March to avoid women wash clothes, to not fight hail in the summer.

Minzuhar
/ Petia Karakoleva /
In the bushes – noise and hubbub,
Sparrow raises uproar:
- Fell to a ray!
Horrible beast! To hide!
- Oh, what trouble, in the bushes
will invade! I got to sunny
cornel beard, bloomy in yellow gold! - Groan beam after Sparrow, oh, that hubbub and hullabaloo …
Spring took him in hand, looked him consider, then it freely in the soil – all the spring sowing.
- Well, no longer a beast! - Sparrow sings joyfully.- Just solar crocus is grown in the bushes

March WHY THEY SELECTED?
Do not cut your mind!

The name “March” comes from Latin Martius, ie Mars, dedicated to Mars – the god of war, the son of Jupiter and Juno. Old Bulgarians called it “Breza” – “birch trees and leaf sap dropped. dark at dawn, before the moon occur, becoming only the girls, lest their eyes prepika grandmother Martha, and their whole summer to sleep working. Young people must first meet temperamental old woman for a whole month to be cheerful and smiling and the weather – warm and nice. In March, people do not get hair cut, so that they are “cut” the mind and become stupid.
Remained so to make custom martenitzas to be happy “Baba Marta” and bear only good people.Martenitsas woman ties all at home and blessing: “Let there be health of people and livestock, trees give birth to snakes and lizards flee from humans, have a fortune in cattle …”

Want to Baba Marta:
Being healthy and strong, to red and white, to his cheerful every day!
Martenici as white and red being associated with you forever and ever we are smiling!
Of your hand will tie martenici red and white and will kiss on the cheek quickly to become Red and smiling!
From my heart will take the red of your face will take white and call our martenitsa health, luck and love!
I made martenici  for you and I called it for health, life and goodness!
To welcome spring and viknem love!
“To have people in health and livestock, trees give birth, to Pearly sun in summer and not steal from the beauty of young girls, to snakes and lizards flee from people, to have success in cattle …”
“Being healthy – red till you get old, with white hair as mountain!

White-red thread is strong thread that binds the Bulgarians around the globe in one thing – to have healthy, strong and happy, remember that we are Bulgarians – anywhere in the world …

LEGENDS OF BULGARIAN HISTORY
Are many different legends about the only Bulgarian message just for luck, and beauty in life – matenitsa.

Cannes Asparuh (Ispor, Isperih Esperih, Espererih, Aspar-hruk, Batin, Attila-Kese) is a proto ruler, founder of Danubian Bulgaria.It is the third son of Kubrat Khan, founder of Great Bulgaria. Most contemporary researchers suggest that Asparuh bore the title khan (inn). In the Bulgarian khans Nominalia Asparuh and its predecessors are called princes. It is not known the exact year of his birth, but suggest that it is okay died. 700 in a battle with gambling. In the Bulgarian khans Nominalia says he has lived 61 years ie Asparuh must be born OK. 639-40

One of them associated with the wearing of martenitzas leaving the rebels in the mountains.The colors are not completely random. White symbolizes freedom longed, and red – the inevitable shedding of blood for her winning
Another story carries us in time of Asparuh. After defeating the Byzantines and the announcement of the newly established Bulgarian state Khan decided to make an offering to the god Tangra. The custom of the land of Khan gave to Kubrat sacrificial pyre to be lit with dried dill sprig, which is not able to find around. While thinking what to do on the shoulder of the inn perched falcon. On his leg hanging strand dill, tied with white thread, half dyed red. Hubata remaining in the distant father’s house sister Asparuh, dreamed a dream and realized the difficulty of his brother. Dill sent by his beloved falcon. As the thread was red drops of blood – from scratch it by hand bird. Asparoukh lit a fire with dill and red and white string tied to his wrist as a souvenir. Then all zakichili with red and white threads. The day was March 1, then the New Year. Called red-white thread martenitsa, on behalf of the month, and it became a symbol of peace and love, health and happiness. With white to highlight the purity and sincerity in relations with the red – the warmth of friendship and mutual affection.
Legend takes us back only in time of Inn Isperih.
Many, many years distant from the Tibetan mountains Isperih Khan left his native home and gone to look for fertile ground for his people Proto. Top past many mountains and rivers, until finally stopped in the lands of the Slavs, who welcomed him warmly. Slavyanka white clothes wore his bo-Kali drinks and tables were piled with dishes – the fruits of this blessed land. But Khan was no fun, that sorrow for his family – his mother and sister Kalinka. Sitting top of the shore of the great river and pearl tears dropped on male tanned cheeks, his glance and made a prayer to the sun gods. and the miracle happened. On his shoulder perched barzokrila swallow.Isperih told of her pain. Swallow flew away to the lands where the Bulgarians came and told the human voice Kalinka that her brother has a new kingdom that grieving for her and sent many health.

Mary (Latin: Virgo Maria, Deipara, Greek: Μαρία, Θεοτόκος, Hebrew: מירים, Arabic: مريم), according to Christian tradition is called Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ and the wife of Joseph. Known as the Virgin Mary, Holy Mother, Madonna and others.It is the most respected saint in Orthodoxy and Catholicism. One of three perfect women in Islam.

Kalinka rejoiced and decided to send his brother Haber. Contracted a bunch of foliage, twisted it with white woolen thread and nodules of greeting did – and kept the word of the Bulgarians, and sent her to swallow. Leaped like lightning, and soon the bird perched on Isperihovo shoulder. But from a long time to rub his wing, and bright red blood colored wool. Inn rejoicing took wrist, read by nurses vazelchetata greeting, nakitil with chest and wrist matenitsa Grejnala. Since then Isperih white of his people: to bind a bunch of twisted white and red thread and on this day to Kichi – health and heavenly blessing. Tuy happened on the first of March and remained until today.

But Christians say that many years ago when people were excited, dressed in white clothes. Thus, in one spring morning the first of March in the year
when Jesus was to appear among men, the Virgin Mary in a white attire is one of the room stood before the fireplace, cut one strip of her skirt and colored with virgin blood.
Then she tied with another white one, and decked his chest.

After Prussia’s Tuy gone to meet the first beams of the sun to usher in the universe that is waiting for her fertility – and life-giving light, and bless her …
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… And the Lord Jesus Christ was born, edinosasht to God the Father, incarnated by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary – Virgin Mary Church.
Since then twisted red and white.
And as Christians Tonzos along the Bulgarian ritual that is unique worldwide and is an expression of a human mother to worship the Lord.

Is strong and vibrant folk tradition. And now she brings much joy and beauty of our people, loaded with energy and hope, love and gives protection to young and old.

On March 1, celebrate name day
Martha, Martin, Martin, Evdokia