Hello,
Do you know what is celebrated tomorrow? It's the Woman's Day. This day was born in Russia due to woman's needs of better life/work conditions and the right to vote. In the next years many countries joined this cause. Despite of some countries did not joined it we think this is a really important day for us because in this day we give some value to everything woman did!
Join us in this cause and tomorrow (8th March) do something special because woman is primordial in the society.
8th of March, a celebration full of love, is not it??
ReplyDeleteMarch is the first month of spring when all nature reborns and the Sun's rays caress us. March 8th is a celebration in which the men show their love to the women. It is recognized all around the world .
In Romania, the children give flowers or different gifts mady by them to thier mothers and tell them poems in different celebration organized and dedicated to the mothers. In our school, the little children made this kind of celebration for this human beings that love us, the children, so much: the mothers.
The story goes that Women's Day has its roots from Greece. In Antiquity, during special festivals, they celebrated Rhea, the Mother of the Olympian Gods, and , also, the Goddess of the Earth.
On 8th of March, Women's Day is celebrated in countries: Greece, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia or Turkey.
I think that this holiday is very important, but in same time, beautiful. This world is a better place because of the mother, who gives us life, care us and love us. In my opinion, the mother is the most gentle human being and she deserves this celebration!!!
Hello! I don't know if you heard about our beautiful tradition for the March 1st ?
ReplyDeleteBut I will tell you something about this : We , the romanians have a beautiful ancient tradition on the first day of March : Mărţişor (The Amulet). Its name is a diminutive from the name of Martie - the Romanian word for March. If you love history, it is possible to notice a similarity between Martie and the ancient Roman God "Mars" or "Marte" in Latin language. You are right because in ancient Rome this God was a symbol of revival, green fields, flocks and love. They used to celebrate their God on the first day of spring exactly as Tracians, later Dacians and nowadays Romanians.
So Dacians borrowed the Latin word for naming their first month of spring. The Amulet's meaning was greatly enlarged. It was considered to be a protective charm for children and animals in the next coming year. Those tiny pebbles were changed into a couple of yarns, one colored in red and one colored in white.
Red meant the Sun, the power of fire, passion and woman, and white meant the benefits of water, clouds, winter but also man's intelligence. The combination of those colors can be interpreted as the union of man and woman, these two opposite forces who will determine a new life cycle. Especially children and women wore around their necks or on their left hands two woolen yarns (one red, one white) knitted together and a small silver or golden coin hung on them. The belief was that those who wore that Amulet were protected and would have good luck in the next year.
I hope you like it! I love " Mărţişor"!