{"id":1365,"date":"2018-02-13T00:14:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T22:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greece.greekreporter.com\/2018\/02\/09\/martis-bracelets-mark-arrival-of-greek-spring\/"},"modified":"2020-04-25T19:07:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T16:07:52","slug":"martis-bracelets-greek-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greekislandyachtholiday.com\/martis-bracelets-greek-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Martis’ Greek traditional bracelets Mark Arrival of Spring | GreekReporter.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Greeks are preparing to welcome spring by celebrating an ancient annual custom with the Greek traditional bracelets\u00a0 of Martis. Both adults and children adorn themselves with red-and-white bracelets made of thread from March 1 to March 31.<\/p>\n

\"\"It must be threaded the last day of February and the white thread symbolizes purity while the red thread represents life and passion.<\/p>\n

The tradition of Martis dates back to Ancient Greece in Eleusis.\u00a0Secret religious rites were performed for the cult of Demeter and Persephone. In one of the Eleusinian Mysteries which served as an initiation for the cult, people wore a thread called a \u2018kroki\u2019 around their right hand and left foot. This\u00a0 ancient tradition lives on in Greece till today every March.<\/p>\n

Ancient Times<\/h2>\n

In ancient times, people believed that the bracelet helped protect the person who was wearing it from diseases as well as the strong rays of the spring sun in the month of March.<\/p>\n

The tradition also entails that once the person wearing the bracelet sees the first blossoming tree of the spring, they tie the red and white bracelet to the flowering tree to yield a healthy harvest and keep the tree healthy.
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\nAnother tradition is that when the first swallow appears, returning from migration to welcome the spring, the person wearing the bracelet ties it around a rose bush to encourage the bird to make its nest there.
\nDoromu<\/a>, EFI Store, and\u00a0ETSY<\/a>\u00a0offer a wide selection of Martis bracelets at affordable prices. Bracelets are hand-crafted and are authentic Greek products which can be shipped worldwide.
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