In Bulgaria, people hang up Martenitsas, which are red and white bracelets, to celebrate Spring coming. The white on the bracelets represents purity, and the red on the bracelets represents blood and ancestry. The name “martenitsas” comes from Grandma Marta. In English Grandma Marta means Grandma March. She represents the month of March. People think [...]
Martenitsas
November 18th, 2009 2 Comments
Tags: Bulgaria · Celebrations · folk tales
Lima Update
October 10th, 2008 2 Comments
Well, we’ve had a good week in Lima. We got our Brazilian visas and planned our itinerary for the next few months in Peru. We are off to Tarapoto tomorrow and we’ll spend almost a week at the Abra Patricia Ecolodge. We plan on taking lots of photos and videos and making posts daily. While [...]
Tags: Celebrations · Lima · Markets · Peru · Videos
