Here in Romania on March 1st people celebrate Martisor Day, which marks the coming of Spring. There are many stands selling little ornamental pins which have various things on them like flowers and hearts, but always with symbolic red and white strings. We have not heard a definitive reason for the red and white string, but that it isn’t a spiritually based thing, but rather that it means something all together different. It is a tradition that dates way back. It tends to be more of a women’s holiday for some reason or another. March in general is a month to celebrate women as March 8th was their version of Mother’s Day. So during the entire month many women and girls wear these pins on their shirts for the entire month of March.
