Make a Martenitsa

"Today we want to present to the foreign students at the university a unique and significant Bulgarian tradition - the celebration of Baba Marta and martenitsas. A custom that is registered in the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage", said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elena Simeonova, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs of the International Economics and Politics Faculty. She told the students the legend of the Bulgarian martenitsa and outlined: "No other nation in the world has such a custom. The traditional martenitsa is made of white and red wool thread. No matter what the history of the martenitsa is, the most important thing is the message it leaves in each of us and it is to give love, to have an open and wide open heart towards others and to pass on the good".