Mărțișor is a Romanian celebration at the beginning of spring, on March the 1st, in Romania, Moldova, and all territories inhabited by Romanians. The word Mărțișor is the diminutive of marț, the old folk name for March (Martie, in modern Romanian), and thus literally means "little March". It is a red and white string with value of talisman, a symbol of the coming spring, and in the past was believed that the wearer will be strong and healthy for the year to come.