Martenitsa Among The Blossoms In Sofia The Capital Of Bulgaria

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martenitza comes perhaps from mars the god of war or more recently from baba Marta the grandmother of march but in any case most Bulgarian give each red and wool decorations called martenitza and then hang them on the trees to show that spring has come

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