Why is the delivery of yellow flowers in Guatemala on March 21? This tradition is transcending and has been promoting for a few years.
The delivery of flowers between couples and lovers is frequent, but it has also become a symbol of friendship. So there are all kinds of flowers that are delivered as roses, sunflowerstulips, gerberas, orchids, margaritas and others.
Part of the objectives is to celebrate the arrival of spring. On March 20 or 21 it marks the arrival of the spring equinox In the northern hemisphere. It symbolizes the rebirth of nature and the arrival of an era full of colors and nature.
In countries such as Mexico and Argentina, stations do not occur during the same period of the year. For the southern country, the arrival of spring is in September while in the northern hemisphere, this occurs in March.
Why yellow flowers?
The origin of this tradition is by the Argentine telenovela Floricient, Where the protagonist dreamed of which the boy he liked came one day and gave him flowers of this color, to show him his love.
The story tells the life of Florence, a girl who begins to work in the Fritzenwalden family mansion where Federico falls in love, The eldest of six brothers. Over time both begin a love relationship.
Even, Floriciente sings a song called Yellow flowers that It tells Florence’s dream. “She knew that he knew, that one day she would spend, that she would come to look for her with her yellow flowers.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4jm9czuxhq
What symbolizes yellow?
Yellow has different meanings. The color is associated with the sun and fire. It is also a symbol of wealth. From color psychology, yellow is related to happiness, energy and light.
An article of D magazine, In 2020, he describes that q’an, yellow in K’iche´ language, represents the south, where material goods rest, necessary for the useful existence of being, which is why it is related to light, brightness and gold. In this angle are all the things that can be seen and touch: it is the place where the rain is born. In addition, it symbolizes crops, the arduous work that all Maya do to take care of their crops, especially yellow, mountain corn.
Yellow, combined with white, also have a symbolic burden on the origin of the human being. In it Popol Vuh It is narrated that the white corn for bones and yellow for the muscles of men and women was used for creation.