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Pizho and Penda

Published: Oct 31, 2015

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Честита Баба Марта

(Oui, je sais, c'est parfaitement logique de poster un fanart de la fête du printemps bulgare le jour d'Halloween, mais j'suis comme ça moi !)

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Pizho/Pijo (Пижо - the white guy) and Penda (Пенда - the red girl), the two Bulgarian figures of Baba Marta's day, the 1st of March.

The first of march, it's Baba Marta's day (Grandma March day) in Bulgaria. Bulgarians offer to each other "martenitsi" usually in the form of a red and white wrist band and ending by pompoms or small woollen dolls of the same colours to celebrate the return of the spring.
Both colours can have various symbolic elements : health and strength of the blood, white of a long life, spring sun and wintry snow, love (or friendship) and purity (or righteousness, or respect), life and peace…