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Grandma Marta Day (or simply Baba Marta, Bulgarian: Баба Марта, "Grandma Marta") is a holiday celebrated in Bulgaria, on March 1. Martenitsas, usually in the form of a wrist band, small yarn dolls, or tassels, are created by combining red and white colored threads and are worn on that day and throughout March.
3 March – Liberation Day; 18 April – Orthodox Good Friday; 19–21 April – Orthodox Easter; 1 May – Labour Day; 6 May – Armed Forces Day and Saint George's Day; 24 May – Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavic Script Day; 6 September – Unification Day; 22 September – Independence Day; 1 November – Day of the Bulgarian ...
A typical Martenitsa consists of two small wool dolls, Pizho and Penda (Bulgarian: Пижо и Пенда). Pizho, the male doll, is usually predominantly white; Penda, the female doll, is distinguished by her skirt and is usually predominantly red. [citation needed] The red and white woven threads symbolize the wish for good health.
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church holds special liturgy and prayers on Liberation Day. In the evening, on the National Assembly Square near the monument to the Tsar Liberator, there is a solemn military service which includes the inspection of the National Guards Unit of Bulgaria by the President of Bulgaria and the awarding of military personnel ...
Bulgarian archaeologists stumbled upon unexpected treasure this week during a dig in an ancient Roman sewer - a well-preserved, marble statue depicting the Greek god Hermes. The discovery of the 6 ...
A UK-based spy ring had connections in the “highest echelons” of the Bulgarian government, a court has heard. Katrin Ivanova, 33, and two others are accused of being part of a group of ...
In 2020, the name was changed to Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and of the Slavonic literature. Cyril and Methodius had been saints since the 9th century , and the commemoration of their saint's day had been celebrated in Bulgaria since the 12th century.