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Bulgarian traditions What do “martenitsas” mean? On 1 March the Bulgarian people use to put on tiny red and white trimmings. These are known as martenitsas - named after this month. Martenitsas are made of twined red and white threads - woolen, silk, or cotton. Out of them tassels, pompons, circles, balls, squares, human or animal figures are formed. Over the past several decades the tradition has been innovated by attaching all kinds of representations and symbols made of wood, leather, ceramics, metal foil to the thread-made martenitsas. Next to the representations of Mickey Mouse one could see Batman's mask, or the