For some reason the link on the main page doesnt work so here is the story folks!! - Little March Amulet
Every year Romanian people knit two little tassels:
a white one and a red one. At the beginning of March, they offer this amulet to the girls
they love…
In Moldavia, part of Romania, all persons can receive a
little March amulet. Red means love for everything that is beautiful and white symbolizes
the pureness and health of the snowdrops, the first flowers that appear in spring.
That is the first celebration of spring in Romania. |
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The Legend of March Amulet
Once upon a time, the Sun embodying a handsome young
man, got down from the sky to dance a “hora” in a village.
A dragon lay in wait for him and kidnapped him from
among the people and threw him into a jail. The world got sad. The birds wouldn’t
flow and the children wouldn’t laugh.
No one dared to challenge the bad dragon. But one day a
brave young man decided to go and save the Sun. Lots of people saw him off and shared
their strength with him. So they helped him defeat the dragon and save the Sun. His
journey lasted for three seasons: summer, autumn and winter. He found the dragon’s
castle and they started to fight. They fought for days and finally the dragon was killed.
Powerless and wounded, the young man set the Sun
free. The Sun rose in the sky cheering up all the people and filling them with joy. The
nature revived, the people got happy, but the young man couldn’t live to see spring
coming. The warm blood from his wounds dropped on the snow. While the snow was melting
white flowers, called snowdrops, messengers of the spring, were appearing out of the snow.
Even his last drop of blood dripped out in the immaculate snow. And he died.
Since then the young people have been knitting two
little tassels: a white one and a red one. At the beginning of March, they offer this
amulet to the girls they love… Red means love for everything that is beautiful. It
reminds us of the colour of the brave young man’s blood. White symbolizes the
pureness and health of the snowdrops, the first flowers that appear in spring.
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Pauline R
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