WITH LITTLE MARCH
RED & WHITE TWINE,
ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS
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| Nude Girl with Long Braid, 1913
by Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) |
In Romania the custom on March 1st is to exchange trinkets
& small tokens of affection tied with a red & white string.
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| Mother & Daughter, 1913 ~ Egon Schiele
Quotation by Thoreau |
As this poem explains, Martisor combines traditions that we might associate with New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, May Day, the Vernal Equinox, and In Like a Lion / Lamb -- all rolled up into one and lasting for nine days:
Women and Martisor
The magic of Martisor;
little March doeth begin.
We rejoice the land's rebirth,
as winter comes to an end.
The Romanian New Year,
traditionally starts with spring.
Fertility's festival,
women honored for what they bring.
A red and white string,
they will wear on their breast.
Purity and passion;
life's blood, women are blessed.
Beautiful talisman,
promises health in the year to come.
March is the war god Mars,
women and earth will never succumb.
Changeable weather,
the nine nasty days of babe.
Dochia awakens;
by March ninth spring is here to stay.
March eighth in Romania;
they're still celebrating women.
Traditional Mother's Day;
they crown their queens of wisdom.
Women and Martisor,
are forever interlinked.
A nine day festival,
honoring women and spring.
Charles T. Carlstrom (1960 - 2016)
[aka chuck / carlstromct]
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| Spring by Nicolae Grigorescu (1838 – 1907) |
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