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Why to kill flowers for ceremonies?
Ali Kausar Feature
BS
-19
Can you imagine
yourself ripping apart thousands of blooming flowers, just so you could please
a certain someone or some people?
The value of
a flower in nature is very much evident when it comes to the benefits they
provide to different kinds of species. For one, they are a source of food for insects,
birds, animals and even humans. They also work as natural medicines for humans,
and one of the main purposes of a flower is to provide aid in the reproduction
of plants by enticing outside pollinators. Without flowers, plants would merely
be green, and the world would be a duller place.
The largest
flower producing area in Hyderabad is in Hatri, where acres of lands are used
to grow flowers and truck loads are then sent to the Phuleli flower market in
Hyderabad. The price rates of the flowers fluctuate between Rs40 and Rs100 as
told to me by the regular flower vendors of Phuleli. Further interviewing a
florist named Fayaz Ahmed we came to know that the flowers from these markets
are supplied to Karachi, Sukkur and Larkana as well, Karachi being the largest
market for flowers in the entire province.
Unique and
beautiful flowers around the world are constantly being torn apart just for the
sake of arranging these flowers for someone’s wedding ceremony or someone’s
birthday etc. But do you wonder how many of those flowers are wasted
afterwards? Is it even possible for those flowers to be recycled and become
useful again? And is it really necessary for us to please ourselves with
fragrant flowers in our ceremonies without coming up with an alternate
replacement? While keeping these thoughts in my mind, I took it upon myself to
visit the local people to get their point of view regarding this subject.
Amongst the
many answers I received from the local towns people, some of the most common
ones I got to hear were, “because I want my ceremony to be beautiful” says Mr.
Asad Narejo, a local citizen of Karachi who is about to have his own wedding in
a few days, “because the type of flowers I use will show my status” He further
adds.
It is safe
to assume that, one of the major reasons for using real flowers at our celebrations
is mostly related to maintaining ones social standing. Basically, the use of fake
flowers is looked down upon in society and is seen as a cheap means to honor
the guests in any event.
If we could
take the time out of our day, to just think about why we must follow some
traditional social activities and whether if continuing the destruction of
flowers really is for the greater good, then we might be able to avoid major
future casualties. Just think about how hundreds and thousands of years ago,
someone probably said that it is a bad idea to cut so many trees just for
apparent pleasure. But what they got to hear in response to that was, “it’s not
a big deal. There are so many trees and one has got to maintain their social
status.” And think about how now, there are so many countries around the world
that are sparing no effort to plant millions of trees in order to survive on
the planet.
Similarly
speaking, if we could avoid using up the natural elements of our world just for
the means of maintaining social status amongst a small group of people, we
might be able to keep our plants from ever being extinct in the future.
No doubt
this topic has been debated over several times over before and we are used to the
conditions of it by now. But its 2020- the climate is changing and it is an
absolute necessity for us to keep the reproduction of plants on our planet
stable. You are probably thinking that, “It’s just a flower. How can it
possibly be so important?” Well, you would be surprised to know that even a
single flower be affected by the global warming conditions. A research article
by the PLOS
biology suggests that the number of days when plants can grow could decrease by
11% by 2100.
The real
issue here is merely the mentality of the people following traditions passed
down from past generations who did not think that these habits could lead to
endangering valuable species. It is the mindset that we need to change and
think long and hard about if whether it is necessary to use flowers in every
ceremony.
To conclude
my subject, I want to provide a simple solution which could help us understand and
make it easier to change certain traditions.
One of the solutions
can be to make use of fake flowers instead. They could help us reduce the plant
wastage in our region. Fake flowers can also be recycled when they are sent
back to the factories to be reassembled- thus, they will not go to waste like
real flowers. Another bonus benefit is that this could also improve our economy
as we help out local craftsmen who make artificial goods gain a source of
income.
Put aside
the social status. It is now time to learn what will be best for our planet in
the present and our future as well. This will be a win-win situation so it is
high time we started working on improving this situation for a brighter and
better tomorrow.
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Why to kill flowers for ceremonies?
Ali Kausar BS III Roll No 19
Can you imagine
yourself ripping apart thousands of blooming flowers, just so you could please
a certain someone or some people?
The value of
a flower in nature is very much evident when it comes to the benefits they
provide to different kinds of species. For one, they are a source of food for insects,
birds, animals and even humans. They also work as natural medicines for humans,
and one of the main purpose of a flower is to provide aid in the reproduction
of plants by enticing outside pollinators. Without flowers, plants would merely
be green, and the world would be a duller place.
Unique and
beautiful flowers around the world are constantly being torn apart just for the
sake of arranging these flowers for someone’s wedding ceremony or someone’s
birthday etc. But do you wonder how many of those flowers are wasted
afterwards? Is it even possible for those flowers to be recycled and become
useful again? And is it really necessary for us to please ourselves with
fragrant flowers in our ceremonies without coming up with analternate
replacement? While keeping these thoughts in my mind, I took it upon myself to
visit the local people to get their point of view regarding this subject. [where, who these people are? because different people have different meaning and perceptions abt thing. A carpenter, a gardener, a cattle grazing man would have different perception abt a tree,]
Amongst the
many answers I received, some of the most common ones I got to hear were,
“because I want my ceremony to be beautiful” or “because the type of flowers I
use will show my status”.
It is safe
to assume that, one of the major reason for using real flowers at our
celebrations, is mostly related to maintaining ones social standing. Basically,
the use of fake flowers is looked down upon in society and is seen as a cheap
means to honor the guests in any event.
[Find out how this tradition started? Hyderabad has a big flower market near Phuleli, Hatri area is big flower producing area, give these references, here u can find in how many flowers are sold in market daily]
If we could
take the time out of our day, to just think about why we must follow some
traditional social activities and whether if continuing the destruction of
flowers really is for the greater good, then we might be able to avoid major
future casualties. Just think about how hundreds and thousands of years ago,
someone probably said that it is a bad idea to cut so many trees just for
apparent pleasure. But what they got to hear in response to that was, “it’s not
a big deal. There are so many trees and one has got to maintain their social
status.” And think about how now, there are so many countries around the world
that are sparing no effort to plant millions of trees in order to survive on
the planet.
Similarly
speaking, if we could avoid using up the natural elements of our world just for
the means of maintaining social status amongst a small group of people, we
might be able to keep our plants from ever being extinct in the future.
No doubt
this topic has been debated over several times over before and we are used to the
conditions of it by now. But its 2020- the climate is changing and it is an
absolute necessity for us to keep the reproduction of plants on our planet
stable. You are probably thinking that, “It’s just a flower. How can it
possibly be so important?” Well, you would be surprised to know that even a
single flower can play a big part in affecting global warming conditions. The
real issue here is merely the mentality of the people following traditions
passed down from past generations who did not think that these habits could
lead to endangering valuable species. It is the mindset that we need to change
and think long and hard about if whether it is necessary to use flowers in
every ceremony. [flower is fast growing plant, check it, its usage is affecting climate change, we will need soem expert opinion or some research report's reference]
To conclude
my subject, I want to provide a simple solution which could help us understand and
make it easier to change certain traditions.
One of the solutions
can be to make use of fake flowers instead. They could help us reduce the plant
wastage in our region. Fake flowers can also be recycled when they are sent
back to the factories to be reassembled- thus, they will not go to waste like
real flowers. Another bonus benefit is that this could also improve our economy
as we help out local craftsmen who make artificial goods gain a source of
income.
Put aside
the social status. It is now time to learn what will be best for our planet in
the present and our future as well. This will be a win-win situation so it is
high time we started working on improving this situation for a brighter and
better tomorrow.
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