Symbols of friendship - symbols of tolerance?

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 symbols of friendship.

1. Braided bracelet. A bracelet, made by hands of threads or laces, is given in many countries in honor of friendship. It must be worn until it wears out or subsides naturally.
2. Celtic symbol. The heart with a crown in two palms serves as an embodiment of friendship, love and fidelity.
3. Arrows of friendship. In tribes of the American Indians, familiarity was represented by two arrows intersecting in the center.
4. Blue mineral lapis lazuli throughout the world is considered a symbol of friendliness and truth.
5. Yellow roses. They are given to a person who is experiencing genuine friendly feelings, but not romantic ones.
6. Chrysanthemums. Also give as a sign of strong and close friendship.
7. Jadeite tree. Such a plant is given to friends for their birthday, Christmas. It is a symbol of sincerity and friendly relations.
8. The rhodonite ball will become a saving talisman if it is received from a real friend.
9. In India, the symbol of friendliness is bamboo.
10. Bear Buddies. Painted bears sculptures with their legs raised up are known in many countries and symbolize friendship between nations.

Black rose - emblem of sadness, red rose - emblem of love

This phrase - the name of the old film - many crashed into the memory. But is it really so? Let's turn to the flower alphabet. The meaning of some flowers has been formed since the days of Ancient Greece, when numerous "criminal disassembly" of local gods and heroes usually ended with the transformation of the victim into a plant. So, since then, narcissus has become a symbol of narcissism, and adonis is a symbol of sadness and rebirth.
Therefore, it is rather difficult to answer the question about which flowers are a symbol of friendship. There are many answers.

What does the fountain say at the VVC?

The most colorful symbolism of the friendship of peoples was manifested in sculpture. At the exhibition of achievements of the national economy (VDNH - VVC) in Moscow there is a famous fountain of Friendship of Peoples, it is the Golden Sheaf. The unity and friendship of all the peoples of the USSR symbolizes a sheaf of wheat ears with the inclusion of unexpected sunflowers and hemp. Numerous floral ABCs 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? And why cannabis? It is not for nothing that the symbolism of the fountain of the "Friendship of Peoples" has not yet been solved, and it is absolutely not known exactly which symbols of friendship are encoded in it.

Will the Japanese understand the Bashkir?

In Bashkortostan, for example, the national flag depicts the flower of the kurai (most of all it resembles the umbellate flower common in us). In the republic, it is a symbol of the friendship of the peoples of Bashkortostan. There are only seven of them, each with its own history of living on the territory of the republic.
By the way, Bashkiria 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 that make up its membership, then, strangely enough, the most rigid conditions for autonomy and even confederation were defended 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 return to the Japanese. Our floral alphabets offer to see the symbols of friendship in chrysanthemums. The explanation is clear: the flower is inexpensive, and it is usually given to someone, that's why they advertise it. If you look deeper, the symbols of friendship will be named there and orchid, and myrtle, and violet, and even a yellow rose.

And 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 press.

Do we need a common flower alphabet?

More or less universal rules for the use of colors, meaning symbols of friendship, gives us diplomatic practice. It is polite to decorate the reception with plants that match the scale with the shades of the guest's flag. It is not polite to use a flower, the value of which for at least one of the parties will be unacceptable. Thus, hydrangeas in some countries are a symbol of grief.
Perhaps, no one will create a flower Esperanto. And is it necessary? It is always more exciting to solve a flower puzzle than to use unified semantic units.