In different parts of the world there is a symbol 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 friendship symbols.
- Braided bracelet. Do-it-yourself bracelet made of threads or laces is presented in many countries in honor of friendship. It must be worn until it wears out or falls off naturally.
- Celtic symbol. A heart with a crown in two hands serves as 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 worldwide is considered a symbol of friendliness and truth.
- Yellow roses. They are given to a person to whom they have genuine friendly feelings, but not romantic.
- Chrysanthemums Also give as a sign of strong and close friendship.
- Jadeite tree. Such a plant is given to friends for their birthday, Christmas. It is a symbol of sincerity and friendship.
- A rhodonite ball will become a saving talisman if received from a true friend.
- In India, bamboo is a symbol of friendliness.
- Bears Buddy. Painted sculptures of bears with their paws raised up are known in many countries and symbolize friendship between peoples.
Black rose - emblem of sadness, red rose - emblem of love
This phrase - the name of the old film - has been engraved in many memories. But is it really so? Let's turn to the flower alphabet. The meaning of some colors has been formed since the time of Ancient Greece, when numerous "criminal squabbles" of local gods and heroes usually ended with turning the victim into some kind of plant. Since then, the narcissus has become a symbol of narcissism, and adonis - a symbol of sadness and rebirth.
Therefore, it will be quite difficult to answer the question of which flowers are a symbol of friendship. There are many answers.
What does the fountain say at the All-Russian Exhibition Center?
The most vividly floral symbolism of the friendship of peoples manifested itself in sculpture. At the exhibition of achievements of the national economy (VDNH - All-Russian Exhibition Center) in Moscow there is the famous Fountain of Friendship of Peoples, aka 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: a sunflower is a symbol of the sun. But this is an American plant, a recent guest. Do we know what significance the Sioux Indians attached to the sunflower? Why cannabis? It is not for nothing that the symbolism of the Friendship of Peoples fountain has not yet been unraveled, and it is not known for certain which particular symbols of friendship are encrypted in it.
Will the Japanese understand the Bashkir?
In Bashkiria, for example, the kurai flower is depicted on the national flag (most of all, it looks like an umbrella flower of the common dream). In the republic, he is a symbol of friendship of the peoples of Bashkiria. There are only seven of them, each with its own history of residence on the territory of the republic.
Bashkiria, by the way, is the most interesting example of the friendship of peoples as respect for mutual sovereignty. If we recall all the historical agreements of Russia with the peoples and lands included in its structure, then, oddly enough, the most severe conditions of autonomy and even the confederation were defended by the Bashkirs, Chechens and Aleuts. And this feature in the old legal status makes the offer of friendship on the part of the Bashkirs especially valuable.
Back to the Japanese. Our floral alphabets offer to see the symbols of friendship in chrysanthemums. The explanation is clear: the flower is inexpensive, and usually they give it to anyone, that's why they advertise it like that. If you look deeper, the orchid, myrtle, and violet, and even a yellow rose will be called symbols of friendship.
But what does the Japanese chrysanthemum actually symbolize? It does not look like a symbol of friendship. Chrysanthemum is a symbol of imperial power; it is depicted on the imperial seal.
