Tradition

http://www.balkanfolk.com/news.php?id=246

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martenitsa

Baba Marta (Bulgarian: Баба Марта, "Grandmother March") is the name of a mythical figure who brings with her the end of the cold winter and the beginning of the spring. Her holiday of the same name is celebrated in Bulgaria on March 1 with the exchange and wearing of martenitsas...