Friends With Benefits Presents

Baba Marta

March 27th | $100 per ticket

Baba Marta is a centuries-old Bulgarian tradition celebrated every year on March 1 st , with the exchange of a “martenitsa” – a decorative red and white handmade bracelet that symbolizes health and happiness, and is a luck charm against evil spirits. In Bulgarian folklore, Baba Marta or “Grandmother March” is a mythical figure who brings with her the end of the cold winter and the beginning of spring. As people wear the “martenitsi” throughout the month of March, they hope that Baba Marta will smile on them and bring warm weather. Typically, the bracelets are taken off with the first signs of spring – first sighting of a stork, or a fruit tree in bloom – and then tied on a blossoming tree, thus giving the tree health and luck.