Tour: Sitakunda, Chandranath hill, Bashbariya, Guliya khali.

• 10:30 - Kamlapur mail train, seat booking trick, fighting 

• 7:00 - Sitakunda Station
  Shitakundu bazar, breakfast, BD population story, omelette 20/- overprice
  
• Chandranath hill, ascending 1:30, descending 40min
  

• Bashbariya, half kilo bridge, boat
  
• Accident
  
• Shitakundu bazar, bhat ghor lunch
  
• Guliya khali Sea beach

• Bus returning.

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Flowers have held symbolic meanings for centuries. Especially in religions. #Floriography took off in Europe and America during the #VictorianPeriod.

I have a bunch of books in my collection. Personal fav is Louise Cortambert's books. #HAK7

Victorian era is known for being particularly repressed. Novels of the time were obsessed with romance. The real-life romance was restricted. Especially in the upper and middle classes. Rules around male and female interaction were strict, very formal. #HAK7

Nosegays, small hand-held bunches of flowers were popular. Women would hold them in front of their faces. Helped blocking out the smells from the streets. Inevitably, nosegays became the front lines for romance. Men gifted their intended sweetheart bunches of flowers conveying complex, detailed meanings. Not only did the individual flowers hold meaning but the way they were arranged together could also tell a whole story. Convey a deeper meaning.

Women could then indicate their acceptance of the message by holding the nosegay to their chest. Or reject it by holding it pointing downwards. Did you think modern dating was hard?

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These days if we fancy someone we generally just grind up against them in a club or swipe right. #HAK7

If we’re being especially classy, we buy them a drink. But think back to the Victorian era, when you were barely allowed to look at your crush without a matron aunt breathing down your neck.

Back then, people had to get creative. Thus, the ‘secret’ language of flowers was born. But it is a wee bit tricky one. Like:

• A #RedCarnation would signify Love

• But a #StripedCarnation was as good as Dumping someone.

And these days,

• We associate #WhiteLilies with Mourning. 

• back then, an #OrangeLily signified Hatred. NOT the message you want to pass on at a Funeral.
  
  

So I am here to expound everything you need to know about #Floriography, and how to pass on a message via the medium of the love of a flower. Stay tuned.

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Did you guys know, Secret Flower Language is an actual thing?

You can put more meaning into presenting your loved one a bouquet or just a simple stick. More in coming. I am your Floriography Professor ( :P ) #HAK7