Teachers and students from the Vietnam - Bulgaria Nursery School visited the Bulgarian Embassy in Vietnam, on March 1.

Representative of Vietnam - Bulgaria Friendship Association in Hanoi city celebrated Bulgarian National Day. Photo: Union of Friendship Organizations of Hanoi

At the event, Ambassador Marinela Petkova told the preschool children a story about the traditional Bulgarian holiday, Granny Marta day.

To mark the first day of March, the beginning of a warm spring, Bulgarians often exchange a symbol called Martenitsa with the wish: Good luck and happy Marta Day.

People wear Martenitsa dolls on their clothes until they see a bird, stork or flower bloom on the ground, and when the snow has melted, they then hang the dolls on the same tree branch.

During the visit, the children were also guided to make Martenitsa dolls with red and white woolen yarn, symbolizing health, love and luck, by the ambassador

Ambassador Marinela Petkova instructs children to make Martenitsa dolls. Photo: Hanoi Union of Friendship Organizations

On Bulgaria's National Day, on March 3, the talk show "Land of Roses" was also held online on the fan page of Vietnam - Bulgaria Nursery School.

The program about Bulgaria's country, people, and culture, satiating Vietnamese' passion as well as the love of the teachers, students, and parents of the Vietnam-Bulgaria Nursery School for the "land of roses" - Bulgaria.

For many years the Bulgarian Embassy has been interested in helping the students of the Vietnam - Bulgaria Nursery School, a school that connects a long friendship between the two countries.

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