Different parts of the world have their own symbols of friendship. Whether it's jewelry, tattoos, engraved symbols - they all mean certain features and signs of twinning.
There are a lot of such signs. Below are the most popular symbols of friendship.
- Wicker bracelet. A bracelet made with your own hands from threads or laces is given in honor of friendship in many countries. It should be worn until it wears out or falls off naturally.
- Celtic symbol. A heart with a crown in two palms is the embodiment of friendship, love and fidelity.
- Arrows of friendship. In the tribes of the American Indians, familiarity was personified by two arrows intersecting in the center.
- The blue mineral lapis lazuli is worldwide considered a symbol of friendliness and truth.
- Yellow roses. They are given to a person for whom they have genuine friendly feelings, but not romantic ones.
- Chrysanthemums. Also given as a sign of strong and close friendship.
- Jadeite tree. Such a plant is given to friends for a birthday, Christmas. It is a symbol of sincerity and friendship.
- Rhodonite ball will become a saving talisman if you get it from a realfriend.
- In India, bamboo is a symbol of friendliness.
- Buddy bears. Painted sculptures of bears with raised paws are known in many countries and symbolize friendship between peoples.
Black rose is the emblem of sadness, red rose is the emblem of love
This phrase - the name of the old film - stuck in the memory of many. But is it really so? Let's turn to the flower alphabet. The meaning of some flowers has been formed since the time of Ancient Greece, when numerous "criminal showdowns" of local gods and heroes usually ended with the transformation of the victim into some kind of plant. Since then, the narcissus has become a symbol of narcissism, and adonis has become a symbol of sadness and rebirth.
Therefore, it will be quite difficult to answer the question of which flowers are a symbol of friendship. Many answers.
What does the fountain at the All-Russian Exhibition Center say?
The flower symbolism of peoples' friendship was most vividly manifested in sculpture. At the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (VDNKh - VVTs) in Moscow there is the famous Fountain of Friendship of Peoples, also known as the Golden Sheaf. The unity and friendship of all the peoples of the USSR is symbolized by a sheaf of wheat ears with the inclusion of unexpected sunflowers and hemp. Numerous floral alphabets repeat: the sunflower is a symbol of the sun. But this is an American plant, a recent guest. Do we know what importance the Sioux Indians attached to the sunflower? Why hemp? No wonder the symbolism of the Friendship of Peoples fountain has not yet been unraveled, and what kind of symbols of friendship are encrypted in it, absolutely notknown.
Will a Japanese understand a Bashkir?
In Bashkiria, for example, the national flag depicts a kurai flower (most of all, it looks like an umbrella flower of the common dreamweed). In the republic, he is a symbol of friendship between the peoples of Bashkiria. There are only seven of them, each with its own history of living on the territory of the republic.
Bashkiria, by the way, is the most interesting example of friendship between peoples as respect for mutual sovereignty. If we recall all the historical agreements between Russia and the peoples and lands that make up its composition, then, oddly enough, the most stringent conditions for autonomy and even confederation were defended for themselves by the Bashkirs, Chechens and Aleuts. And this feature in the old legal status makes the offer of friendship from the Bashkirs especially valuable.
Let's get back to the Japanese. Our flower alphabets suggest seeing symbols of friendship in chrysanthemums. The explanation is clear: the flower is inexpensive, and they usually give it to anyone, so they advertise it anyway. If you look deeper, the orchid, the myrtle, the violet, and even the yellow rose will be named symbols of friendship.
And what does the Japanese chrysanthemum really symbolize? It doesn't look like a symbol of friendship. Chrysanthemum is a symbol of imperial power, it is depicted on the imperial seal.
Do we need a common flower alphabet?
More or less universal rules for the use of colors, meaning symbols of friendship, give us diplomatic practice. It is considered polite to decorate the reception with plants that match the colors of the guest's flag. It would be impolite to use a flower,the value of which at least for one of the parties will be unacceptable. Thus, hydrangeas in some countries are a symbol of sorrow. Probably no one will create flower Esperanto like that. Is it necessary? It is always more exciting to solve a flower riddle than to use unified semantic units.
