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Grandma March Day (or simply Baba Marta Bulgarian: Баба Марта) is a holiday celebrated in Bulgaria on the first of March. Martenitsa – usually in the form of a wrist band woven by combining red and white colored threads – are worn on that day and through March until a stork or a bloomed tree is seen symbolizing warmer weather and well being. Older Bulgarians call it Birch Month because it is around this time when birch trees start growing leaves and give sap.
