Class 3a from Bodzanów also made white and red bracelets.  There is no such tradition in Poland, but we liked this custom very much.

In Greece, 1st March is considered the 1st Day of spring. We make bracelets from white and red yarn and we wear them till 31st March. They we leave them in a tree so that the swallow can take it and put it in its nest!

1st kindergarten of Nea Redestos

On the first of March in some areas of Greece it is usual to sing carols for the arrival of swallows. So we sang the carols!

There is a branch of an almond tree , in the photo and a Greek proberb: “March is nazia kanei (temper tantrum) sometimes it cries sometimes it laughs”

 It has do with the weather during the March , sometimes the weather is raining (then the March cries) sometimes the weather is sunny (then the March laughts)

Every year on 1st of March, Bulgarian people celebrate a centuries-old tradition called the day of Baba Marta (baba means ‘Grandma’ and Marta means ‘March’), related to sending off the winter and welcoming the approaching spring. Martenitsa is made of twined red and white threads – woolen, silk, or cotton. The most typical Martenitsa represents two small dolls, known as Pizho and Penda. Pizho is the male doll, usually in white colour. Penda is the female doll, usually in red colour and distinguished by her skirt. The white is a symbol of purity, innocence, beauty and joy. The red is associated with health, vitality, fertility and bravery.
According to the tradition, people wear Martenitsas for a certain period, the end of which is usually associated with the first signs of spring – seeing a stork or a fruit tree in blossom. After that people can tie them on a blossoming tree for fertility thus giving the tree health and luck, which the person wearing the Martenitsa enjoyed while wearing it.

3rd Kindergarten of Sikies 

Following the tradition, on the first day of the month March we put on "Martis". According to the ancient custom, from the 1st to the 31st of March, children wear a bracelet on their wrist, made of twisted white and red thread. According to popular tradition, Martis protects children's faces from the first sun of Spring, so they don't burn.

3rd Kindergarten of Nea RedestosOur Baba Marta drawings!