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Article #75spring amulets
From: Alina A Florescu
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:27
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:27
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Come get yourself a goodluck charm for this year and celebrate the beginning of the spring! Romanians have a beautiful ancient tradition on the first day of March : Martisor (Mărţişor, Romanian transcript, or Amulet in English).The Martisor is made of silky red-white threads (tied into a bow) and small handcrafted objects : flowers, horse shoes, leaves, bumblebees, animals, birds, tiny suns or stars, red hearts, and many others. This is a symbol of the coming spring, which the person wears pinned to her shirt on this day, and for the whole month of March. Similar traditions can be found in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania. The Romanian Student Association is selling hand-crafted, self designed "Martisoare" in Blanchard 6-8PM every day this week and next week. You can wear it yourself, offer it to loved ones or send it to your parents and relatives!
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