ROSE DAY 🌹

February 7, 2024

“Boys forget the way when they love…  

Girls become rain-soaked rosebuds.”

  – Jotsna Jari.

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Valentine’s week begins from February 7

which is celebrated as Rose Day. Here are the days of build-up to Valentine’s Day–

Rose Day, Propose Day, Chocolate Day, Teddy Day, Promise Day, Kiss Day & Hug Day…   and then finally Valentine’s Day(February 14). Rose Day marks the start of Valentine Week.  Red rose is the symbol of undying Love…    only for sweetheart. This important Day is now widely celebrated with enthusiasm and purest emotions of love. Today  Rose Day celebration has become truly special part of life and culture in many countries. Flower is used to express the feelings. Rose is used to express intimate, pure and passionate types of love. So we now enjoy the amazing beauty of Rose Day. This wonderful Day has great significance for people  who wish to open their hearts to someone special to utter the magical realism of Love. 

                    Happy Rose Day 

🔺 History :

The name rose comes from Latin rosa, which was perhaps borrowed from Oscan.

[ Oscan is an extinct Indo-European language of southern Italy. ]

Roses are also revered in the West, and according to an ancient legend, were created by Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. Romans therefore made this flower a symbol of beauty and love

, a symbol they still carry to this day.

Rose is symbol of love & friendship. Rose was a wonderful gift from Persia to entire world. Rose remained native to Persia for a long time. The yellow Persian rose was the first variety of the flower to be traded in Vienna (16th century ). Gradually Rose slowly gained popularity across Europe and the world for its color and fragrance.

The oldest remains of roses are from the Late Eocene Florissant Formation of Colorado. Roses were present in Europe by the early Oligocene.

 Today’s garden roses come from 18th-century China. Among the old Chinese garden roses, the Old Blush group is the most primitive, while newer groups are the most diverse.Garden cultivation of roses began some 5,000 years ago, probably in China

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“About 5,000 years ago, roses began to be cultivated in gardens, probably in China.” By 500 B.C., hundreds of books about the flower were being kept in the emperor’s library, according to Chinese philosopher Confucius. Imperial love for the flower grew steadily and eventually reached near-dangerous levels.

During the Roman period, roses were grown extensively in the Middle East. They were used as confetti at celebrations, for medicinal purposes, and as a source of perfume.

water colors of rose : painted by Redoute (the Raphael of Flowers).

🔺 Rose Day Celebration : 

Rose Day is celebrated by the youth who convey his deep and feelings to his loved ones by gifting a rose. 

Rose Day is an opportunity for the youngsters to forge new friendships and to convey their feelings to their friends, girlfriends, boyfriends & relatives.

Couples give each other scarlet roses, to express their passion for each other. They go out for intimate dinners, shopping and movies. Some couples like to drive to an adventurous spot or a place with a romantic setting. Many people attend Rose-Day themed functions, pubs or local clubs.

Yes. You must give a rose to your Love…

la la la la…   

Use social media using hashtag –

#roseday 

🔺 Rose Day Quotes : 

1.  ”O my Luve is like a red, red rose / That’s newly sprung in June” are one of the most romantic oft-repeated lines of a poem by Robert Burns.

2.  One rose says more than the dozen. – Wendy Craig.

3.  Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. – W. Somerset Maugham.

4.  A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world. – Leo Buscaglia.

5.  Love and a red rose can’t be hid. – Thomas Holcroft.

6.  Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet. Katharine Lee Bates.

7.  Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet. – Katharine Lee Bates. 

8.  What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. – William Shakespeare. 

🔺 Significance of the different colors of Rose :

Red – means love and passion. Couples giving red roses express deep and passionate love for each other. A single rose just for ‘I love you’.

Yellow – creates warmth and joviality. Those gifting yellow flowers express joy and the promise of an endearing relationship.

 Pink – suggests cheerfulness, grace and gentleness. Who offering pink flowers infuse brightness, sweetness and happiness in their friendship or relationship.

 Dark pink – only for appreciation and gratitude. Those giving dark pink roses express their admiration and thank each other for their returned love.

Purple – this is love at first sight. Those who exchanging the roses…    interest in each other at first sight. A purple rose says ‘I am absorbed with you’.

🔺 Physical Description : 

Roses are erect, climbing or trailing shrubs, whose stems are usually decorated with thorns of various shapes and sizes, commonly called thorns.  Leaves are alternate and pinnately compound (ie, pinnate), usually sharply toothed with ovate leaflets.  Wild rose flowers typically have five petals, whereas cultivated rose flowers are often double (that is, with multiple sets of petals).  Rose flowers range in size from miniatures 1.25 cm (0.5 in) in diameter to hybrid flowers measuring over 17.8 cm (7.5 in).  The rose plant’s fleshy, sometimes edible, berry-like “fruit” (actually a flower cup) is called a hip and is usually red to orange in color.

🔺 Uses : 

If one symbol represents love, power, royalty, beauty, sensuality, and mysticism

–it is the Rose. Also known as “the queen of flowers.”

Rises were used in incense and aphrodisiacs, garlands and perfumes, wines and food

. They were also an important medicinal ingredient. The juice from rose petals was used as a rinse for sores in the mouth and gums. Whole flowers also were taken for stomachaches and diarrhea.

🔺 Rose Day Poem : 

Poetry : Feelings   

 Poet : Jotsna Jari

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 I paint the caress on butterfly’s lips

 When you see rose buds

 you will remember me… 

 a handful of soft lips.

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 I have said many things to the wind

 The bud of that word has never 

 blossomed into a flower 

 If you are alone in retirement

 then understand little by little

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 I have spread the golden dream

 in the paddy field 

 You can take a look 

 upside down little by little…   

 water picture of

 saying something & saying nothing. 

FAQs  :  Rose Day  2024 

1.  What date is Rose day?

Ans:-  February 7.

2.  What date is National red rose day?

Ans:-  National Red Rose Day is celebrated on June 12

, in the U.S., to pay tribute to one of the most iconic symbols of love and romance throughout history — the red rose.

3.  What are the 7 Valentine days?

Ans:-  The Valentine week list 2023 :-  

7 February 2024 – Rose Day.

8 February 2024 – Propose Day.

9 February 2024 – Chocolate Day.

10 February 2024 – Teddy Day.

11 February 2024 – Promise Day.

12 February 2024 – Hug Day.

13 February 2024 – Kiss Day.

14 February 2024 – Valentine’s Day.

4.  Why is it called Rose day?

Ans:-  World Rose Day, also known as the Day for the Welfare of Cancer patients, honours cancer patients worldwide and is celebrated in memory of Melinda Rose, a 12-year-old Canadian who passed away from the disease in 1996

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5.  Who created Rose day?

Ans:-  The Alexandra Rose Day is a charitable fund raising event held in June in the United Kingdom since 1912 by Alexandra Rose Charities

. It was first launched on the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Queen Alexandra from her native Denmark to the United Kingdom.

6.  Why is Rose day celebrated in February ?

Ans:-  Rose Day on February 7 marks the beginning of Valentine’s week. On this romantic day, roses are gifted to that special someone to celebrate love and affection

. It is believed that Victorians began the practice of exchanging roses with their loved ones to communicate unspoken feelings. 

7.  What are amazing facts about roses?

Ans:-   Top Ten Interesting Facts About Roses : 

*  Roses are one of the oldest flowers on earth.

*  Roses are edible.

*  Roses are a staple ingredient of the perfume industry.

*  Rose is the national flower of several countries.

*  Roses vary in prices.

*  Rose is popular as a name worldwide.

*  Rose has thousands of varieties.

*  Roses Are One of the Oldest Flowers. 

*  You Can Eat Roses. 

*  Their Fragrance is Used in Perfumes. 

*  Each Rose Color Has a Different Meaning. 

* The Rose is the U.S. National Flower. 

*  The Most Expensive Rose Sold for Millions of Dollars.

8.  What is the history of rose?

Ans:-  Garden cultivation of roses began some 5,000 years ago, probably in China

. During the Roman period, roses were grown extensively in the Middle East. They were used as confetti at celebrations, for medicinal purposes, and as a source of perfume.

9.  Where did roses come from originally?

Ans:-  “About 5,000 years ago, roses began to be cultivated in gardens, probably in China.” By 500 B.C., hundreds of books about the flower were being kept in the emperor’s library, according to Chinese philosopher Confucius. Imperial love for the flower grew steadily and eventually reached near-dangerous levels.

10.  What is the history of rose in India?

Ans:-  In the 16th century when the Muslim Mughal emperors came from Persia and Afghanistan to rule India, they brought camel loads of roses

. In fact the first Mughal emperor, Babar, is said to have brought the damask rose into India.

11.  What is the original name of rose?

Ans:-  Rose was originally a Norman form of a German name Hrodheid, composed of the words Hrod (“fame”) and Heid (“kind”, “type”). It was originally spelled (by the Normans) Roese or Rohese

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12.  What is the historical use of roses?

Ans:-  They were used in incense and aphrodisiacs, garlands and perfumes, wines and food

. They were also an important medicinal ingredient. The juice from rose petals was used as a rinse for sores in the mouth and gums. Whole flowers, consumed in wine, were taken for stomachaches and diarrhea.

13.  What does rose stand for in history?

Ans:-  If one symbol represents love, power, royalty, beauty, sensuality, and mysticism

–it is the rose. Also known as “the queen of flowers,” the flower as we know it dates back to at least the oligocene epoch (about thirty-three to twenty-three million years ago).

14.  What is the cultural significance of roses?

Ans:-  Roses are also revered in the West, and according to an ancient legend, were created by Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. Romans therefore made this flower a symbol of beauty and love

, a symbol they still carry to this day