The “Martisor” – called by the ethnologist Ion Ghinoiu “the rope of the days, weeks and months of year, all gathered in bicolor braid.” It is given as a sign of the arrival of spring which has gained lately various forms differing from the small traditional ornament tied with a red-white string. It belongs to the broad category of charms offered to the ones you love on the 1st of March symbolizing not only winter and summer but also hope. Simion Florea Marian wrote that the “martisor” is a kind of “lucky charm” for those who wear it but the ones who want it to have the desired effect should wear it with dignity. Archeologists discovered ancient objects that can be considered to be “martisoare”. They are shaped as small river-stones painted in white and red, put on a string to be worn as necklaces.