Mărţişor [mər.tsi.'ʃor] diminutive of March, (in Romanian Martie) is the traditional celebration of the spring (and until 1701 of the New Year in Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria (under the name Martenitsa - Мартеница), on 1 March.
However, giving a red and white string is an old custom.
The one who wears it will be powerful and healthy for the year to come. A woman wears it pinned to her blouse on this day and up to 8 March.
I used to wear it and at the end of the given period for wearing it I and my friends hanged it in a tree. Then when spring came and the tree blossomed we "guessed" the fate of the new year in the blossomed branch.
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