Comments on: Romanian traditions: Mărţişor

By: Boyan Yurukov

Boyan Yurukov — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:15:11 +0000

By the way, I just found out that they have something similar in Northern India, but they carry it all the time and has nothing to do with Spring. the region, in which it is popular, is close to the region in Iran/Pakistan where it is believed that the decedents of the proto-bulgarians came.

By: Boyan Yurukov

Boyan Yurukov — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:38:40 +0000

This is a much a Romanian tradition, as is the Indian rain dance. In Romania it is mostly celebrated in the villages and cities close to the Bulgarian border and especially those in the eastern part. Martenitsas (or Mărţişor) can also be seen in Greece and Serbia, but only close to the Bulgarian borders and in villages that have bulgarian dependents in them. It can be found in ancient Bulgarian decedents that stayed in central Russia, when my people decided to come to the Balkans more than 1300 years ago. It can also be found in most of Macedonia, but it is obvious why.

The only archaeological evidences on the Balkans that had anything to do with Martenitsas are after the 7th century A.D. and were only in regions that there once part of the Bulgarian Empire at the time. Many believe that Mărţişor appeared in Romania in the end of the 19th century due to transfer from Bulgaria, when the Bulgarian resistance formed communities in Romania in order to organize rebellions back home.

By: ana

ana — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:15:55 +0000

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By: Tiger

Tiger — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:49:37 +0000

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