St. Martin's Day calendar. It remains popular today, especially among young people and the rural population. Martinmas celebrates the end of the agrarian year and the beginning of the winter period. Among Estonians, Martinmas also marks the end of the period of All Souls, as well as the autumn period in the Estonian popular calendar when the souls of ancestors were worshiped, a period that lasted from November 1 to Martinmas (November 11). On this day children disguise themselves as men and go from door to door, singing songs and telling jokes to receive sweets. In Southern Estonia, November is called "Märtekuu" after
St. Martin in Passeier St. Martin in Passeier St. Martin in Passeier (; ) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Passeier Valley in South Tyrol, northern Italian, located about northwest of Bolzano. As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,137 and an area of . The municipality of St Martin in Passeier contains the "frazioni" (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Saltaus (Saltusio), Quellenhof (Sorgente), Ried (Novale), Kalmtal (Valclava), Christl (Cresta), Flon (Vallone), and Matatz (Montaccio), St Martin in Passeier borders the following municipalities: Moos in Passeier, Riffian, and St Leonhard in Passeier. The coat of arms is argent and azure party