ЧЕСТИТ ТРЕТИ МАРТ, БЪЛГАРИ!!!

НЕКА ДА СМЕ ГОРДИ, ЧЕ СМЕ БЪЛГАРИ И НИКОГА ДА НЕ ЗАБРАВЯМЕ ТЕЗИ, КОИТО ДАДОХА ЖИВОТА СИ ЗА СВОБОДАТА НА БЪЛГАРИЯ!!
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Днес, 3 март 2012г., се навършват 134 години от Освобождението на България от османско иго. Трети март е национален празник на България. Този ден слага край на петвековното османско робство. На тази дата, през 1878г., в градчето Сан Стефано, днешен Йешилкьой, предградие на Истанбул, е подписан Сан Стефанския мирен договор между Русия и Османската империя, според който България е освободена от Турско робство. С него се слага край на на Руско-турската освободителна война и се възстановява българската държава. Договорът не е окончателен и подлежи на одобрението на останалите Велики сили. Българската държава е възстановена в етническите си граници и включва всички исторически територии населени с българи. Този договор така и не влиза в сила, но остава като олицетворение на националния идеал - обединена България!
Today, March 3th, 2012, is celebrating 134 years of the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman slavery. Third of March is the National Holiday of Bulgaria. This day marks the end of five centuries of Ottoman oppression. On this date in 1878, in the town of San Stefano, now Yeshilkyoy, a suburb of Istanbul, the San Stefano peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was signed, under which Bulgaria was set as liberated country. It ended the Russian-Turkish War and restored Bulgarian state. The contract is not final and subject to the approval of the other Great Powers. Bulgarian state was restored in the ethnic boundaries and included all historical areas inhabited by Bulgarians. This treaty did not enter into force, but remains as the embodiment of national ideals - united Bulgaria!

Честита баба Марта! (Happy Grandma Marta!)

 

МАРТЕНИЦА ДНЕС СЕ ПОДАРЯВА
МАРТЕНИЦА ЗА ЖИВОТ И ЗДРАВЕ
ДНЕС, ТРАДИЦИЯТА ПОВЕЛЯВА
РАДОСТ И УСМИВКИ ДА ДАРЯВАШ
БЕЛИ, РУМЕНИ, ЗАСМЕНИ
ПРОЛЕТТА ДА СРЕЩНЕМ ПО-ДОБРИ, СМИРЕНИ
ТАМ, КЪДЕТО БЪЛГАРИН ЖИВЕЕ
ТАЗИ ПЛЕТЕНИЦА ЩЕ ГО ГРЕЕ

Martenitsa is your gift today

Martenitsa for good life and health

The tradition on that day decrees

Joy and grins to share as gift

White, ruddy, smiling

We all welcome spring, being better and humble men

Every place where a Bulgarian men lives

Today's tangle will always keep him warm

                                                                                                                                              

Martenitsa (Bulgarian: мартеница, pronounced [ˈmartɛnit͡sa]; plural мартеници martenitsi) is a small piece of adornment, made of white and red yarn and worn from March 1 until around the end of March (or the first time an individual sees a stork, swallow, or budding tree). The name of the holiday is Baba Marta. "Baba" (баба) is the Bulgarian word for "grandmother" and Mart (март) is the Bulgarian word for the month of March. The first day of March is a traditional holiday associated with sending off winter and welcoming spring. The red and white woven threads symbolize the wish for good health. They are the heralds of the coming of spring in Bulgaria and life in general. While white as a color symbolizes purity, red is a symbol of life and passion, thus some ethnologists have proposed that, in its very origins, the custom might have reminded people of the constant cycle of life and death, the balance of good and evil, and of the sorrow and happiness in human life. This is an old pagan tradition that remains almost unchanged today. The common belief is that by wearing the red and white colours of the martenitsa people ask Baba Marta for mercy. They hope that it will make winter pass faster and bring spring. Many people wear more than one martenitsa. They receive them as presents from relatives, close friends and colleagues. Martenitsa is usually worn pinned on the clothes, near the collar, or tied around the wrist.