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Padlocks of Love
Interesting and unusual story from Russia about a tradition that started a couple of years ago. Newlyweds put a padlock on a tree or fence, or in a river, to symbolize their everlasting love. Link to the story is below:
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/The-Home-Forum/2012/0627/Padlocks-of-love
Link to a photo of some of the "trees" on the bridge:
http://www.scottn.com/Other/Moscow/11887500_nCHPsc/841086454_MdkT5#!i=841086454&k=MdkT5
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Action - Yep, there's always room for new traditions I think. |
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......and may the trend continue evermore. |
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When I was in Minsk with my friend Valentina we went for a walk in Gorki Park. There is an ornate Chinese style bridge there across a small stream and almost every piece of metalwork on the bridge was covered in these padlocks. Many of them were quite large and a lot of them had the names of the two lovers painted onto them. A rather nice tradition I thought. |
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Fangio - I think it's nice. I'm sure the padlock manufacturer's love it too. |
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One guy I saw in Minsk got it all wrong though. He left his girlfriend padlocked to the bridge..... |
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Maybe he could just see into the future and was trying to save time.... |
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Very good. |
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Hope it catches on over here. Love the idea. |
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WW - Me too. |
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That's cool...Thanks for sharing! |
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d - No problem. Just remember me when it comes time to sign the movie rights.... |
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I have never heard tell of such a thing. What a really cool tradition! Thanks for sharing this great story. |
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Mama - You're welcome. Knew I had to post it as soon as I read about it. |
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And soon there will be broken padlocks all over Russia--you know nongays don't stay married!! (Hey, if I don't pick on them--the nongays, not the padlocks--who would?!?! |
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GM - Instead of picking on us heteros, you should be fixing those padlocks and re-issuing them with hetero chastity belts, to try and keep population in check. |
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We, the Gays, are doing our job to keep the population in check--it is the nongays that our eroding our world! And aren't we la-dee-da with 'us heteros' and 'hetero chasity belts'--luckily the latter doesn't exist in the happy world! |
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Very interesting story skinny! I had never heard of it so thanks for sharing! |
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Kat - You're most welcome. I thought it was a neat story. |
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I love the idea of ancient padlocks and the old keys.....what a great tradition.
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MM - It is. Good tourist attraction too. |
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Thats awesome Skinny.. |
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Rant - thanks. I thought it was a very cool idea. |
Very interesting indeed. Good to see new ideas joining the traditional.