Legend has it that the Sun, looking at the people having fun, wanted to enjoy the pleasures of men. So, he decided to come to Earth as a young man and take part in the festival. But his happiness was short-lived because an ogre kidnapped and imprisoned him in a castle.

The people were unfortunate because there was no more sun. The birds would not sing anymore, the children weren’t happy anymore, and the rivers stopped flowing. But still, nobody dared to face the ogre until one day when a brave warrior stepped forward, and he went to challenge it. When he arrived at the castle, the brave warrior faced the ogre, and they fought for a long time until our warrior killed the ogre. In the end, the exhausted warrior, with almost no strength, freed the Sun, which immediately started to shine, thus bringing spring again into the world. Unfortunately, the warrior died before he could see the spring season. His warm blood flowed onto the snow until the last drop, where the drops felt a snowdrop rose.

Since that moment, young men make white and red strings that they offer to the girls they love or those close to them. The red color reminds us of the warrior’s blood, and the white is a symbol of health, purity of the snowdrop, and the first flower of spring.