i have this smile on my face when i finished reading your entry on Martenichki/Martenitsi. Back in Bulgaria when i was very little i used to have a collection of Martenichki which got lost on the way to Turkey alongside my stamp collection but anyway it is kind of nostalgia for me now to hold a pair of Martenitsa in my hands..Oh, boy! how i loved to make the two colour thread  and tie the boy and the girl on each end!

I guess I must thank you for this post. Tomorrow I'm going to wear my pair of Martenitsi (the famous pair = Pizho&amp;Penda) and give away some of them as presents...Do you know what you are supposed to do after wearing them? Have you been told?