Monday, February 22, 2010

Martenizi

Although it is almost a week till the 1st of March, the white and red "Martenitzi" are everywhere in the city, according to the bulgarian tradition to exchange white and red threads for good health. You can see the famous bulgarian writers, father and son Petko and Pencho Slaveikovi in Martenizi environment. /place "Slaveikov

4 comments:

Stefan Jansson said...

Nice photo. That's a new tradition for me, but it sounds like a good idea. I'm not familiar with the writers, will have to Google them!

Lachezar said...

Great shot yet again Tony!
Well, these two have been through a lot and i'm sure they will keep good company to all March 1st Martentzi shoppers this year too! Cheers!

TheChieftess said...

Love this shot!!! They look so relaxed...and I'm sure if you got close enough, you could hear the conversation!!!

I love how the girl sitting beside the hatless one frames his head with her hair!!!

Manja said...

Im Namen der "otshelnizite" bedanke ich mich für die Martenizi, zusätzlich zum Dank für das schöne Foto