Buy locally grown flowers, in particular indigenous species
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.In the weeks leading up to 14 February each year, supermarkets and stores start stocking shelves with items associated with romance and the colour red. Flowers are the most popular gift at this time. Theabout $50.5 billion.
Our modern tradition of giving flowers is thought to be based on a popular story of the Roman Christian priest named Valentine. He was imprisoned by Emperor Claudius II in the third century for performing marriages in secret, in defiance of a ban on marriage for young warriors. He was executed on 14 February. During his imprisonment, Valentine is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer, converting her and others to Christianity.
The use of flowers on the African continent is also widespread. In the Nigerian Yoruba tradition, flowers are offered to the Orishas and ancestors as a symbol of respect, gratitude and reverence. The East African Masai warriors wear floral arrangements, like beaded collars with flowers, to signify strength, courage and cultural identity.
If you choose to celebrate Valentine’s Day, consider using flowers in your own unique, symbolic way to start changing the imposition of dominant, colonial views.
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