Happy Baba Marta!

 Baba Marta and the month of March are associated with many customs and holidays dedicated to the coming spring. The most famouts custom associated with Baba Marta is to decorate people and young animals with martenitsa (twisted white and red thread) on March 1 - the day of Baba Marta′s arrival.

The feast of Baba Marta in the Bulgarian traditions is a symbol of spring and brings a wish for health and fertility at the beginning of the new cycle in nature. 

Every year on March 1, Bulgarians give each other martenitsas - intertwined threads, most often red and white of various shapes - for health and happiness. Bulgarians put martenitsas on their clothes or wrists and wish them health and happiness with the words "Happy Baba Marta" .