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Spring

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Spring is my favorite season...it's such a great time and I have so many thoughts running through my head...so I had to sort them and start writing. Spring is the most wonderful season. It has so many meanings and so many feelings are coming up in me...oh, and the smell of it, is just indescribable. I would sing and tell God these words out of my heart's depth like David:  Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great;  You are clothed with splendor and majesty,  

A glimpse into our “mărţişor” tradition

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I decided to write about one of Romania's unique traditions, celebrated at the beginning of the spring in every year on the first March. It’s called “mărţişor” (it’s pronounced like this: [mərtsi ʃ or]. It’s a very interesting tradition; I loved it when I was little, because I had the opportunity to receive some “mărţişor” from the people and to give myself some to my mother and to the teachers from school. I want to describe this tradition and to explain some things that are done on this  special  occasion. So, the “mărţişor” is the diminutive of „martie”, in English that means March, something like „dear/little March”. On this day men/ boys give significant objects to women/ girls. These objects are consisting of a jewel or a small decoration for example a flower, an animal, a clover, a heart, a chimney sweeper or other such things. This object is tied to a red and white string. It’s a nice decoration and it’s a true symbol of the coming spring. Every woman or girl w