All Bulgarians celebrate the beginning on Spring on 1st March. The tradition consists of exchanging bracelets made using white and red yarn. They are tied on each others wrists and wishes are made. The bracelets are worn until they see a blossoming tree or a stork, which is a sign of Spring coming. Then, they take them bracelets off and tie them to a branch of the blossoming tree and their wishes may come true! The name for this day is Baba Marta Day.
The little bracelets symbolise peace and love, health and happiness - good health.
Some of the children in our class are from Bulgaria or have relatives in Bulgaria, and they enjoyed sharing some information about the special day and the lovely red and white bracelets with us in class