1st of March

Hello! I forgot to tell you...yesterday (1st of March) we had...something like a celebration. On the first of March is "Baba Marta" ("Granny Marta"). We give each other "martenitza"-s (see on the pic). Some of them you put on your hand (like I do) and some of them you can put on your shirt where your heart is :))) We give "marteniza"-s to your friends and family to be healthy. When someone puts it on your hand you make a wish. We wear them till we see a swallow, a stork or a blossoming tree. I sometimes wear them till the end of April because I wait to see a swallow or a stork and not a blossoming tree. When we put them off we also make a wish and put it either on a blossoming tree or under a stone. Some people keep some "martenitza" in their home for good luck and health ^ ^

So far I have 14 "martenitza"-s, but I'll receive two more today - one from my mother and one from my father, because I'm going "home-home" today. "Home-home" is my real home...my parents' apartment. I called like this because I call everywhere "home" anyway ^^

So...that's what I wanted to tell you about my country today :D I'll bring "martenitza"-s to Japan, too...they are all so different and interesting, I'm sure everybody will like them! :)))

Take care, friends! ^^