![]() Yet, the 1st of March, the Baba Marta holiday, symbolizes the spring and brings us wishes for health and abundance in the beginning of the new cycle of life in nature. They then became a pile of stones, from which healing water started running. These days are what we call “borrowed days”.īaba Marta set free all the blizzards and snowstorms and the old lady and her goats were frozen. She got so mad, asked her brother April to land her a few days and got them. The old lady was counting on Baba Marta for blessing her with good weather – she is as ancient as I am, the old lady thought to herself, she will have mercy. It was the end of March, the very last days of the month. One of the most popular tales tells us about an old lady, who took her goats out in the mountain. She gets really angry and as a result the weather breaks. She is constantly unhappy with them in different tales they drink her wine or do different mischiefs. In folklore Baba Marta is presented as the wife or sister of Big Sechko (January) and Little Sechko (February). During the weeks preceding March 1st, the streets are packed with hundreds of stalls selling all kind of martenitsa. The colors of the month are red and white, symbolizing passion and purity. She invites the sun, the flowers, and the birds for a new season of bustling life. Every toddler knows that Baba Marta is a charming old lady who chases away the cold and grumpy February. She has a name, too – Baba Marta (Grandma March). In the Bulgarian collective memory, March is female, old, and it (or rather, she) brings small presents. ![]() But when a foreigner comes to Bulgaria in March, they might feel a bit overwhelmed by all the traditions around. Everyone exchanges good wishes and red-and-white threads. March is one of the most spectacular months to live in Bulgaria. ![]()
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