As the new year awaits, you’d once again expect to come across superstitions that are believed to summon good luck and drive away bad energy. If you’re the type who seek advice from these readings, then the terms lucky color, lucky number, and even lucky element might not be new to you. But did you know that even flowers are…
People often wish for good luck and prosperity whenever New Year’s Eve comes around in the Philippines. You can see this in the round foods that fill up Media Noche tables, as well as the polka-dotted shirts and dresses that many Filipinos wear on December 31. This wish is even part of New Year’s greetings in the Philippines (“Manigong Bagong…
You might have heard of the legends of fruits and mountains from trivia booklets in grade school, but have you heard of the legends of flowers? From ancient times, people have been weaving colorful stories to explain how certain flowers came to be. For example, there is a myth ascribed to the Philippines’ own sampaguita. What about the peony or…
Before there were emails, phone calls and instant messaging, there were only love letters and flowers as a way to communicate your love and win someone’s affection. The language of flowers also called floriography was a well-accepted practice in the 18th century. It was in the Victorian era when people used to send flowers to convey a message that is…
