1st of March..

This topic was created in the Miscellaneous forum by Damnata on Sunday, March 2, 2014 and has 10 replies.

Profile picture of Damnata
@Damnata
16 Years25,000+ PostsVirgo

M??r??i??or (Romanian pronunciation: [m??rtsi??or]) is an old Romanian celebration at the beginning of spring, on March the 1st, which according to old calendar was also considered as the beginning of the new year. Symbolically, it is correlated to women and to fertility as a means of life and continuity. The tradition is authentic in Romania, Moldova, and all territories inhabited by Romanians and Aromanians. Alike though not identical customs can be found in Bulgaria (see Martenitsa), while similar ones exist in Albania, Greece and Italy.

The name M??r??i??or is the diminutive of mar??, the old folk name for March (Martie, in modern Romanian), and thus literally means "little March". It is also the folk name for this month.

M??r??i??or, mar?? and m??r??igu?? are all names for the red and white string from which a small decoration is tied, and which is offered by people on the 1st day of March. The string can also be black and white, or blue and white .Giving this talisman to people is an old custom, and it is believed that the one who wears the red and white string 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 the branches of a fruit-tree. In some regions, a gold or silver coin hangs on the string, which is worn around the neck. After wearing it for a certain period of time, they buy red wine and sweet cheese with the coin, according to a belief that their faces would remain beautiful and white as cheese, and rubicund as the red wine, for the entire year.

In modern times, and especially in urban areas, the M??r??i??or lost most of its talisman properties and became more of a symbol of friendship or love, appreciation and respect. The black threads were replaced with red, but the delicate wool ropes are still a —cottage industry?? among people in the countryside, who comb out the wool, dye the floss, and twist it into thousands of tassels. In some areas the amulets are still made with black and white ropes, for warding off evil.

Profile picture of justagirl
@justagirl
12 Years10,000+ Posts

Posted by Damnata

Posted by justagirl
Hi honey.... i'm HOME!!!!

Miss me?

Yes I am stalking you this time! 😈

This tradition sounds very sweet!

How's it going hon? You should receive smthg in the mail aaaany day now.

click to expand

WHHHOOOOOOOOOO , can't wait 😄

It's going well. glad to be back where it is warmer, it snowed today as I got to the airport. I was a popsicle most days even with layers, layers & layers of cloths!! The sun did come out for 3 days at least 🙂

Profile picture of Damnata
@Damnata
16 Years25,000+ PostsVirgo

Funny story around this event. You're expected as a boy to bring martisoare to all chicks in your class and the female teachers.

My high school class...30 chicks, 3 boys, one of which was a Taurus.

Each year when February rolled in you could see him tense up and start grunting - 30 fucking martisoare to buy.

Finally in the 12th grade he threw a fit and told us all there's no way he's buying martisoare for all of us. He was brought in front of the whole school and shamed before all of us..how dare he be rebelious?