Macedonian traditions

thumb|Typical Martenitsa A Martenitsa (, ; ; ; ; ; ) is a small piece of adornment, made of white and red yarn and usually in the form of two dolls, a white male and a red female. Martenitsi are worn from Baba Marta Day (March 1) until the wearer first sees a stork, swallow, or blossoming tree (or until the end of March (April 1)). The name of the holiday means "Grandma March" in Bulgarian and Macedonian, the holiday and the wearing of Martenitsi are a Bulgarian and Macedonian tradition related to welcoming the spring, which according to Bulgarian and Macedonian folklore begins in March, and v

The Călușari (, ; ; singular: Călușar) are the participants to an old traditional Romanian dance known as the ''''''. "Căluș" translates to horse, but in an endearing form. Originally Romanian, the practice later spread to North Bulgaria. From three weeks after Easter until Pentecost, called in Romanian, for around two weeks they have traditionally travelled to all their local communities where they would dance, accompanied by a few fiddlers.

thumbnail|Konstantin Trutovsky. Koliaduvannia in Ukraine. 1864 thumbnail|Koliaduvannia in Lviv, Ukraine. City festival. 2012 thumbnail|Koledari near Sofia in the mid. of the 20th century. Koliadari or koliadnyky () are Slavic traditional performers of a ceremony called celebration of Koliada, a kind of Christmas caroling. It is associated with Koliada (Calends), a celebration incorporated later into Christmas.

old Slavic tradition

upright=1.2|thumb|Alexei Savrasov. Grave on the Volga (1874). thumb|upright=1.2|Smolensk cemetery, commemoration. 1881 upright=1.1|thumbnail|Dušičky in Slovakia and Czech thumb|right|upright=1.1|All Saints' Day|Zaduszki (All Saints' Day) in Poland upright=1.1|thumbnail|Dziady in Belarus upright=1.1|thumbnail|Zadushnitsa in Bulgaria, painting by Ivan Mrkvička Zaduszki () or Dzień Zaduszny () is a Polish name for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) on 2 November. The word Zaduszki originating from Dzień Zaduszny, can be roughly translated into English as "the day of p