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My last post about the Bulgarian holiday Baba Marta received some interest, so I decided to share with you how you can make a simple martenitsa by yourself, and I found this video. These bracelets are now much more common than the dolls I shared in my previous post.
As children, we used to make the bracelets ourselves, but instead of the scissors shown in the video, two kids rotated the tied threads in opposite directions. This is the most simple way, but you can get very creative with it and make different designs.
When we were in school, everyone used to receive a martenitsa from their family members, friends, schoolmates and teachers. We used to wear 30 or more bracelets and the more you had, the cooler you were. However, grown-ups usually wear just the ones from their closest people. One more proof that kids are way cooler!
The photo is from last year. As I mentioned in my previous post, when the first signs that spring is arriving appear, we tie the adornments to blooming trees. Read more about the holiday here.
See some more spring photos:
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Question of
Are you waiting for Spring to come?
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Yes
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No
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Do you create DIY projects?
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Yes
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This year I didn’t have time to make martenitsas. I bought well that we have a Bulgarian shop.
It’s great that you have a Bulgarian store there!
Thank you very much!
I have a hard time waiting for spring. Thanks for sharing the video. Maybe I’ll try.
Me too, I hope it comes soon.
Very interesting. But I am very bad at doing these kinds of things, I think I could not do a Martenitsa properly
This version is very simple, but those who are more crafty can do amazing things.
Nice and interesting video … I have never been to such things …. yes I can hardly wait for spring and summer even more
I am looking forward for spring to come too.
Spring has already passed us by and we are stepping into summer. The heat is on. I love DIY’s, I enjoy doing them. However, I have to restrain myself due to problem related to my back.
I am sorry to hear about your back problems! I love doing arts and crafts although I am not good at them.
i am a huge fan of Littlebits, and create projects all the time.
this is amazing, thank you for sharing these wonderful traditions!
Thank you so much! It’s my favorite holiday because it’s pretty much stress free, no big preparation, excessive celebrations, etc.
my favorites are still Thanksgiving in the US, and Christmas because they are family focused!
I love Christmas and Easter, but they are overly-commercialized and many people have unrealistic expectations of how they should be celebrated. A nice family gathering sounds wonderful though.
that really is the joy of Thanksgiving! family and food!
Thank you for the video. Very interesting but I have never been good at crafts. The weather keeps being cool and I am waiting for spring.
I hope spring will come soon too!
Good to see this tradition continues. Crafts is not my cup of tea (lol)
I love crafts although I am not good at them. 😀
Thanks for the video, very informative. Never been good at crafts.
To be honest, me neither but I still don’t give up. 😀
I’m glad spring is coming!
I am looking foraward to it too!