MARCH IS THE MONTH OF THE MARTISOR

What is a Martisor and what is it for? This is a an example of some of the Martisor's that I have been given.They sale these all along the street in the center of the city.

There are many different legends which tell about this beautiful holiday. One of them tells us that on the first day of March wonderful Spring came out to the verge of the forest. The Spring looked around and saw in the blackthorn little dainty snowdrop appearing from the snow. A kind Spring wanted to help the snowdrop and started to take away the snow and thorny branches. The Winter saw this and became angry. She brought severe wind and snow to wipe out the little flower. However the Spring covered the flower with her hands. as she did so, she pricked her finger and hot blood dropped onto the faint flower. Thanks to the warm blood of Spring the snowdrop came to life again. Thus the wonderful Spring won the Winter. Since that time people wear little martisors which symbolize red blood on the white snowdrop. This is one of those beautiful legends which tell about how this holiday started.

Another legend tells that there was a time when the Sun used to take the shape of a young man and descend on Earth to dance among folk people. Now a dragon found out about this and followed the Sun on Earth, captured him and confined him to a dungeon in his castle. Suddenly the birds stopped singing and the children could not laugh anymore but no one dared to confront the dragon. One day a brave young man set out to find the dungeon and free the Sun. Many people joined in and gave him strength and courage to challenge the mighty dragon. The journey lasted three seasons: summer, autumn and winter. At the end of the third season the brave young man could finally reach the castle of the dragon where the Sun was imprisoned. The fight lasted several days until the dragon was defeated. Weakened by his wounds the brave young man however managed to set the Sun free to the joy of those who believed in him. Nature was alive again, people got back their smile but the brave young man could not make it through spring. His warm blood was draining from his wounds in the snow. With the snow melting, white flowers, called snowdrops, harbingers of spring, sprouted from the thawing soil. When the last drop of the brave young man's blood fell on the pure white snow he died with pride that his life served a noble purpose. Since then people braid two tassels: one white and one red. Every March 1 men offers this amulet called Martisor to the women they love. The red color symbolizes love for all that is beautiful and also the blood of the brave young man, while white represents purity, good health and the snowdrop, the first flower of spring.

Then on the 31st of March you tie your Martisor to the limb of a tree and later in the summer this limb will bare the most fruit.

Our most exciting news for the month is that we were able to go pick up our car. We are truly bless and spoiled. This is it a new 2015 Opel MOKKA.

We LOVE our beautiful new CAR.




PHOTO OF THE MONTH!

This house was not only built upon the rock but was built out of the rock also

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