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Martenitsa is a small piece of adornment, made of white and red yarn and worn from the 1 st of March until around the end of March. The name of the holiday is Baba Marta. “Baba’’ is a Bulgarian word for grandmother and “Mart” is a Bulgarian word for the month of March. The custom is related to the welcome of the coming spring.