Last night with the help of a dedicated friend and husband we made Martenitsas to share as invitations to our community wheat planting this Saturday. The Bread Cycle Works project celebrates multi-cultural traditions and collaboration. There is no better tradition to celebrate the beginning of spring than the Bulgarian holiday of Baba Marta Day.
Last year while visiting Bulgaria I came across a delightful surprise. While traveling in the Balkan Mountains I started to see tiny red and white hand made bracelets tied to trees. I later learned that this beautiful tradition was to celebrate spring. Starting March 1 friends make and share the bracelets with each other and wear them till the end of March. The red and white symbolizes the wish for good health. Many times you will find martenitsas tied around the first blooming trees of spring.
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