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Celebrated on March 12th, which according to the old calendar was the
first day of spring, Gregorjevo is the Slovenian lovers' day—the
equivalent of St. Valentine's Day. There’s a romantic saying that
Gregorjevo is the day "when birds get married". Birds are a symbol of
love. Old legend says that on St. Gregory’s day, the first bird that
a girl will see in the sky will tell her who her future husband is.
The day is named after St. Gregory, who was a Pope, a church teacher,
and a great spiritual leader. St. Gregory the Great, was widely
recognized for his writing talents – one of the most appreciated
works is his Gregorian chant. He was the Pope from September 3d, 590,
till his death on March 12th, 604. There’s even a special tradition
in the Tržič town—children and adults make Gregory’s lights and
little houses on rafts which they, later on, put into the river for
the flow to carry. This ritual comes from the times long ago when
cobblers and tailors used to work house by house. With the beginning
of the spring, they stopped using candles and were able to work by
daylight. To celebrate it they used to clean their workshops and place
all the shreds into the small baskets. Then they lit those baskets and
put them into the stream Tržič Bistrica. So today little houses came
into the place of baskets, but still this ritual symbolizes throwing
the light away and welcoming the spring. Find hotels and airbnbs near
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