Flowers are the gifts of forests
to the humans. People have always been dependent on the natural resources in
order to earn the livelihood. Starting from foods and house making tools to the
clothes to keep oneself warm during the winter seasons are prepared from plants
and various parts of it. Flowers are considered to be the ornaments of the
forest. The nature is the most wondrous artist. She adorns herself with the
self-created beauties. The secret of the bewitching elegance possessed by the
nature has been the subject of amazement among the people. But the bigger
amazement is the atomic form of its creation and magnificence. It really
surprises how she creates everything so perfect and in a so artistic way.
However, flowers are the reproductive organ of plants. They effect the
germination process and thus help the particular species of plant to exist on
nature. The bright colors, markings and beautiful strokes over the soft petals
of flowers along with the angelic aroma attract insects and thus catalyzing pollination.
However, these bright attributes of flowers bear a very significant role in the
human lives both socially and emotionally. Flowers are believed to be the
messenger of the unspoken messages.
Uses
of flowers for decoration
However, flowers and their
vibrant allurement are utilized in the real lives of people. People by nature
have an exquisite sense of aesthetics. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder
and thus different eyes behold beauties from different perspectives. No one is
there who has never appreciated the magnificence of flowers. For the obvious
reasons of its vivid colors, sensational shapes and perfume, flowers are widelyused as a mode of decoration throughout the world. From domestic uses to
celebrative environments, flowers are found to represent the aesthetic sense of
the ones organizing the celebrations. Houses are decorated with flower gardens
to make the milieu more embellished, fragrant and pure. The inside of the house
contains flower vases and bouquets in various places in not only to give it a
better look but also enable the house owner to have a refreshed and
enthusiastic mind always. Aesthetic sense is like a hunger that always finds
for the right reason to be appeased. Beauty is the only food for the
appeasement of the beauty loving mind. Proper decorations with the help of
flowers thus give the ultimate pleasure of mind and make the sanctorum more
peaceful and vibrant.
Occasional
decorations
Flowers are the integral parts of
any occasion celebrated by a person. They are the indispensable tool to make
any celebration enjoyable and delighting. Every event occurring during the time
of a person is decorated with flowers. Wedding ceremonies birthdays,
anniversaries, love days and until the last journey from this mortal world is accompanies
by the floral decorations. Wedding ceremony is one of the most memorable days
of one’s life. The marriage place, the bride and groom and the groom’s car are
beautifully adorned with various flowers and their varying shapes and styles of
decorations. This decoration not only signifies a happy and fresh start of a
new life but also make the environment more august and vivacious. People come
with flower bouquets in hands to congratulate the newly marries couple and
convey their cordial wishes for the good fortune in the new life. Red roses and
colorful lilies are the flowers used to celebrate the love, passion and desire.
The love days are also celebrated in the similar ways. People make beautiful
decorations of flowers to welcome the loved ones in their houses and also
present them the exquisite bouquets and bunch of lovely blossoms to commemorate
the mutual love and passion. Birthdays are celebrated with the petals of
colorful flowers and carnations as a symbol of the wishes for the long life of the
birthday boy/girl. The company of flowers in this mortal world ends with the
journey for the heavenly abode. After death, bouquets and bunch of flowers made
of white lilies, white and yellow roses and carnations are offered to the soul
of the deceased person remembering his/her memories.
Religious
occasions and floral decorations
Religion and the various
religious occasions are the ones which are observed with sacredness and honest
wishes of mind. Flowers are therefore the integral part of religious festivals.
Flowers are considered to be the purest form of natural beauty and therefore
offered to the god for his blessings. In Hindu culture, worshipping can’t be
done without the presence of flowers. The greatest festival of Hindu culture
i.e. during the Durga Puja 108 numbers of lotus flowers are offered to the
goddess Durga. Apart from the Hindu’s own traditional ways of worshiping, other
religions also have the presence of flowers in every form of their rituals.
Beautiful designs made of flowers are used for decorative purposes to make the
religious places more peaceful and keep the sanctity intact.
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