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8.6 Traditions VIDEO

1 a stork

4 a blizzard

2 a blossoming tree
The Myth of

Baba Marta

In Bulgarian folklore, the months were people.
March was Baba Marta, an old lady who lived
in the mountains. When she was happy, the
sun shone brightly, but when she got angry, the
weather was freezing cold.
One day, at the beginning of March, a young
girl took some sheep up the mountain. Her
father warned her that Marta would be angry.
The girl didn’t listen and Marta sent a blizzard.

3 a martenitsa Everything froze and the girl never returned.
So every 1st March everyone exchanges
martenitsi to keep Marta happy. They wear
them all month as a bracelet or a brooch.
Traditionally, someone can only take their
martenitsi off when they see a stork and then
they hang them on a blossoming tree.
Pizho
Penda Check these words

shine brightly, angry, freezing cold, sheep, warn,
blizzard, freeze, return, exchange, bracelet, brooch,
take off, hang
Vocabulary

Myth elements 3 Read the myth again and complete the
sentences. Write in your notebook.
1 4.29 Listen and repeat. What are these
words/phrases in Bulgarian? 1 Baba Marta was an … .

2 The weather was freezing when … .
Reading 3 The girl's father didn’t want … .

2 Look at the pictures and read the title of the 4 The girl didn’t … .
myth. How do you think they are related? 5 People wear martenitsi as … .
Read through to find out. 6 People can take the martenitsi off … .
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