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Roses and culture

Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. The rose was sacred to a number of goddesses (including Isis and Aphrodite), and is often used as a symbol of the Virgin Mary. Roses are so important thatthe word means pink or red in a variety of languages (such as Romance languages, Greek, and Polish).The rose is the national flower of England and the United States, as well as being the symbol of England Rugby, and of the Rugby Football Union. It is also the provincial flower of Yorkshire andLancashire in England (the white rose and red rose respectively) and of Alberta (the wild rose), and the state flower of four US states: Iowa and North Dakota (R. arkansana), Georgia (R. laevigata),and New York (Rosa generally). Portland, Oregon counts "City of Roses" among its nicknames, and holds an annual Rose Festival.Roses are occasionally the basis of design for rose windows, such windows comprising five or ten segments (the five petals and five sepals of a rose) or multiples thereof; however most Gothic rosewindows are much more elaborate and were probably based originally on the wheel and other symbolism.A red rose (often held in a hand) is also a symbol of socialism or social democracy; it is also used as a symbol by the British and Irish Labour Parties, as well as by the French, Spanish (SpanishSocialist Workers' Party), Portuguese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Brazilian, Dutch (Partij van de Arbeid) and European socialist parties. This originates from the red rose used as a badge bythe marchers in the May 1968 street protests in Paris. White Rose was a World War II non violent resistance group in Germany.

Roses and symbolism

red : love, used to say "I love you," but also stands for courage and respectred & white together or white roses with red edges: signify unity and togethernesspink : symbolizes grace, sophistication and elegance, also symbolizes gentle feelings of love and friendshipdark pink : gratefulness and appreciationlight pink : admiration, sympathywhite : innocence, purity, secrecy, friendship, reverence and humilityyellow : often akin to joy and deep friendship or platonic love; in German speaking countries, however, they can mean jealousy and infidelityyellow with red tips : symbolizes a gesture of falling in loveorange or coral symbolizes : enthusiasm and desireburgundy : beautyblue : mysterygreen : calmblack : used to signify death (black being the color of death) often of old habits; in a positive light it signifies rebirth after death; also, Slavish devotion (as a true black rose isimpossible to produce)purple : protection (paternal/maternal love)

Roses and their supernatural and literary attributes

pale colors: convey warmth and friendshipa dozen roses : stand for "there are dozens of ways I care about you"two dozen roses : stands for the 24 hours in a day and tells that "you think about them every hour"three dozen roses : signify a romantic attachment unlike any otherfour dozen roses : mean unchanging and unconditional loveMore info on the roseMore info on flower symbolism

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