Our Romanian penfriends sent us little gifts named « Mărţișoare » to wish us a happy spring.
These little objects are traditionally offered to women on the 1st of March, that’s why you can only see the girls from our class in the photo.
Mărţișoare are composed of two pieces of thread, a red one and a white one, and a little lucky charm: a horse shoe or a shamrock, for example. The red symbolizes love for all that is beautiful and the white represents purity, good health and the snowdrop, the first flower in spring.
Women must wear them on the left, on the side of the heart.
We had one mărţișor per pupil, sometimes more. I gave mine to my mother. (Yann)
Mărţișoare bring good luck but boys can’t have them. My sister had a shamrock. (Vincent)
I had seven mărţișoare ! I love them !!! (Emeline)
Mărţișoare are small beautiful objects. I gave one to my mother and one to my sister. (Maxime)
We are all very happy our penfriends shared this wonderful tradition with us. We are now crazy about mărţișoare !! THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is a photo of Hugo’s mum’s mărţișor…
