Martenitsa Bulgaria

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Martenitsa

***** Location: Bulgaria
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Observance

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Martenitsa (Bulgarian: мартеница, pronounced [ˈmartɛnit͡sa]; plural мартеници martenitsi)
is a small piece of adornment, made of white and red yarn and worn from March 1 until around the end of March (or the first time an individual sees a stork, swallow, or budding tree).

The name of the holiday is Baba Marta. "Baba" (баба) is the Bulgarian word for "grandmother" and Mart (март) is the Bulgarian word for the month of March.
Baba Marta is a Bulgarian tradition related to welcoming the upcoming spring. The month of March, according to Bulgarian folklore, marks the beginning of springtime. Therefore, the first day of March is a traditional holiday associated with sending off winter and welcoming spring.



The same tradition is also held by those in the Republic of Macedonia, as well as in Greek Macedonia and Patras in the Peloponnese.
Romanians also have a similar but not identical holiday on March 1, called "Mărţişor". If and how these two holidays are related is still a matter of debate between ethnologists.
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back from a meeting --
on my keybord waits
a martenitsa





comparing
our martenitsa --
office fun







photos and haiku by
Isabelle Prondzynski
March 2012



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***** . Martisor (the amulet) .
Romania

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Kiss on July 1

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Kiss on July 1

***** Location: Bulgaria
***** Season: Summer, July 1
***** Category: Humanity

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Bulgarians kiss each other as they meet the first July sunrise at the Black Sea coast of Varna, some 450 kilometers (280 miles) east of the capital Sofia, Sunday, July 1, 2007.
Every year on 1st of July hundreds of Bulgarians traditionally celebrate this July morning.


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Thousands Bulgarians Hail the Sunrise Hippy-Style on July Morning

Thousands young people gathered at Kamen Bryag village on the Black Sea coast, the traditional location for the hippy-style celebration of hailing the sunrise, known as July Morning.
The tradition dates back to the hippy period in the 1970s and 1980s and originated as a protest against the restrictions of the communist regime. Nowadays this meaning is lost but the sun worship as a symbol of a new beginning in life motivates young people to keep the tradition alive.

As the name suggests, the anthem of the celebrations is British rock band Uriah Heep's 1972 hit July Morning. This year July Morning was marked with a concert of Uriah Heep vocals John Walden and Bulgarian rock band BTR.

The tradition begs for associations with the sun worship of Peter Dunov followers, who hail the sunrise at the Hill of Prayers in the Rila mountian, which they consider to be a divine mystery.

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Kissing is done at any time, any season . . . so the word

KISS is not a kigo.

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kemono tsurumu 獣交む (けものつるむ) animals mating
kemono sakaru 獣交る（けものさかる）animals in heat
. WKD : animals in spring .

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The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe -
. WKD : Mistletoe (Viscaceae) .
kigo for all winter.

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羨ましい　皆で祝う　夏のキス
urayamashi minna de iwau natsu no kisu

enviable--
all celebrating
summer kiss

Nakamura Sakuo

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July First Morning:
sunrise and kisses warming us
all the way through

Larry Bole

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. Martenitsa - Baba Marta - Grandmother March .


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Haiku from Bulgaria



Quoted from : The Road - world haiku

early morning
no one has yet walked
throught the dew

tôt matin
personne n'a encore marché
dans la rosée

Antoaneta Nikolova

ooo ooo ooo

old houses --
icons well-arranged
temples of some life that was

vieilles maisons --
des icônes bien rangées
temples de quelque vie qui a été

Viktoria Kabadelova

ooo ooo ooo

puddles on the road
a belated cart
is sprinkling stars

flaques sur la route
une auto tardive
éclabousse les étoiles

Ginka Biliarska

ooo ooo ooo

the bus station --
a frantic desire
for tenderness

la gare routière --
un désir effrené
de tendresse

Ekaterina Kunova

ooo ooo ooo

old photos --
dusty roads
to memories

vieilles photos --
routes de poussière
vers les souvenirs

Kancho Velikov


The Road - World Haiku
Compilation : Ginka Biliarska (Bulgaria)
http://www.tempslibres.org/tl/livres/revue/livroad.html


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БЪЛГАРСКИ СЕЗОННИ ДУМИ
tzetzka ilieva
A Bulgarian Season Word List ( Spring and Summer)

- reference source : vidahaiku.wordpress.com -
April 2016


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