Valentine's Day, Dragobete, Mărţişor, and Mother's Day are holidays celebrated in Romania. Valentine's Day on February 14 involves expressing love. Dragobete on February 24 is a traditional Romanian spring holiday originating from Dacian times where boys and girls gather flowers. Mărţişor on March 1 involves giving decorated red and white strings as talismans for health and it symbolizes the coming spring. Mother's Day in Romania is on March 8 and honors maternal bonds and the influence of mothers.

1. Valentine`s Day
Dragobete
Mărţisor
8th of March, Mothers` Day

4. Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by
many people throughout the world. In the English-speaking
countries, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their
love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting
flowers, or offering confectionery.

5. Valentine's Day
is an imported
holiday.
Romanians
celebrate
Dragobetele.

6. Dragobete is a traditional Romanian
holiday originating from Dacian times
and celebrated on February, the 24th.

7. On this day, considered
locally the first day of
spring, boys and girls
gather vernal flowers and
sing together.

8. The name
comes from a
character from
Romanian
folklore who is
believed to be
the son of
Dochia.

9. 1 of March
=
Mărțior
st

10. Mărțișor is to be
found in Romania
and Moldova.
The name Mărțișor is the
diminutive of marț, the old folk
name for March (Martie, in
modern Romanian), and thus
literally means "little March". It
is also the folk name for this
month.

11. Mărțișor, marț and
mărțiguș are all names for
the red and white string
from which a small
decoration is tied, and
which is offered by people
on the 1st day of March.
The string can also be black
and white, or blue and
white. Giving this talisman
to people is an old custom,
and it is believed that the
one who wears the red and
white string will be strong
and healthy for the year to
come.

12. It is also a symbol of the coming spring.
Specific colors are red and white like
Valentine's Day.

13. Mărţişoare made by children

16. 8th of the March
=
Mother’s Day

17. Mother's Day is a celebration honoring mothers and
motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in
society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the
world, most commonly in March or May. In Romania is
celebrated on 8th of March.

18. De ziua ta, mămico,
În dar ți-am adus inima
Și crede-mă, mămico,
Un dar mai frumos nu se
putea.
Oh dear mother mommy
Is mother day today
My heart is my gift for
you
No other gift will do
Am vrut să-ți culeg o
floare,
Un mic ghiocel frumos,
Dar până la urmă moare
Și cui e de folos.
I wanted to give you a
flower
An expensive present to
But flowers die tomorrow
My love for you is true.

19. Thank you for
watching!
Sound: George Enescu - Romanian Rhapsody Nr. 1