Each year, in March, Romanians celebrate the “Mărţişor” (on the 1 st of March) and Women’s Day (on the 8 th of March). Even if the latter is celebrated in other countries too, under the name of “International Women’s Day”, the “Mărţişor” celebration is a tradition specific to Romania and is found nowhere else; this celebration was inherited by Romanians from the Dacians and the Romans.Women wear the “mărţişor” attached to their chest during the whole month and, at the end, according to the traditions of Romanians living in the plain regions, it must be attached to a blooming tree, in the hope for a prosperous year. The “mărţişor” consists of two strings – white and red – woven together and to which a small wooden or metallic decoration is attached (a heart, a letter, a flower, a horseshoe or a four-leaf clover), as a good luck charm. Red and white represent the two seasons, still intertwined. Red is winter and white is spring, symbolizing nature’s return to life.