Mărțișor celebration

Mărțișor is a celebration at the beginning of spring, on March the 1st in Romania! Giving this talisman to people is an old custom, and it is believed that the wearer will be strong and healthy for the year to come. It is also a symbol of the coming spring. Usually, both women and men wear it pinned to their clothes, close to the heart, until the last day of March, when they tie it to a fruit-tree twig.

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