On March 14, 2025, the Embassy of Romania in Tashkent organized a cultural and social event to celebrate the beginning of spring. In honor of the coming of spring, Romania celebrates a traditional holiday called Mărțișor. On this occasion, on the first day of spring, women and girls receive small gifts in the form of handmade jewelry intertwined with two threads - red and white. This jewelry, as well as the holiday, is called Mărțișor.
As last year, the Embassy of Romania in Uzbekistan organized a master class at the Tashkent International School to present folk traditions and teach the art of making Mărțișor. The event featured traditional Romanian dances.
In his remarks, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania in Tashkent Mr. Daniel Cristian Ciobanu noted that the celebration of Mărțișor in Tashkent is a significant event and a vivid example of friendship and mutual understanding. Uzbekistan is a very valuable partner of Romania in Central Asia. In recent years, bilateral relations have been significantly strengthened in all areas, including culture, against the backdrop of significant reforms program in Uzbekistan. The Ambassador emphasized that the traditional Romanian holiday of welcoming spring, Mărțișor, has much in common with the ancient traditions of Navruz - and this brings our peoples closer together.
The event was held in a very friendly atmosphere.
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The tradition of Mărțișor was included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017, under the title Cultural Practices Associated with March 1. The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage voted on 6 December 2017 to inscribe the “Cultural Practices Associated with the Celebration of March 1st (Mărțișor) – a multinational dossier coordinated by Romania and compiled together with the Republic of Moldova, the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Bulgaria – on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The meeting took place in Jeju (Republic of Korea) from 4 to 9 December 2017.
