February is the month of love, and by culture and instinct, we associate love with heart, even though we know it's the hypothalamus at work, not the heart. Without much ado, heart and RED are almost synonymous with each other.
The color red connotes a lot of things:
- In high school, it symbolizes seniority.
- The color red wards off bad spirits. I remember my mom hanging a red hanky beside my sons and nephews and nieces when they were a baby. She told me, it would drive away ghosts that may disturb the sleeping baby.
- The Chinese associate it with luck or fortune, as well as courage, loyalty, honor, success, fortune, fertility, happiness, passion
- Red is power and is often connoted for bravery and heroism, and even revolution
- In our flag, the red color symbolizes the blood, sacrifice, and courage of those who fought for our freedom from colonial invaders
- Red is beauty or attractiveness, passion, and lust, and as such, red always begets attention.
- On the negative, red is used as a symbol of guilt and anger
- and the most popular of them all, Red is LOVE.
Anyway, the Pinoy Explorer wants to greet you all a Happy Valentine this month of love!
As a fitting reminder, let me share some of my photos I gathered from my travels and many photo walks--all with the color RED in it.
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| Of course, RED is not complete without the strawberries from Baguio. |
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| Blood, sacrifice, and courage |
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| Taken from the Miyata Race in Subic Bay. |
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| A red in a sea of yellow. Kuya Kim Atienza, during President Aquino's funeral. Taken at Luneta. |
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| Red Car in General Luna, Intramuros, Manila in HDR. |
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| Signs in the comfort rooms of Tam-awan Village, Baguio City. |
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| Do you know what bus terminal is this? |
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| Dinagyang Festival contingent, Aliwan Fiesta, 2008. |
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| My former Muslim Interns during their trip to Baguio. (Click the image to read related story). |
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| Okay, okay, it can be taken anywhere else, but I really took this from Butterfly Garden in Jardin Maria Clara Lobregat, Pasonanca Park, Zamboanga City. |
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| That small red car in Kuching City. |
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| A child participant in the event I covered. (click the photo to read related story) |
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| Red bike in Basco Batanes. |
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| I was captivated by this mosaic in one of the walls in San Carlos Seminary, Guadalupe, Makati. |
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| Cult leader. |
To see more "RED photos" click this
link to my Flickr stream.
Happy Valentines!
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10 comments :
What a nice opening salvo for February the love month!
Thanks, Edmar!
wow red red red! happy love month!
just stumble on your blog..awesome shots sir. keep it up!
great photos! love the strawberry and the red bike shot!
@killerfillers, thanks!
@macy, indeed!
@Gladys, i love those too!
Thanks for the visit!
beautiful set of pictures sir Ding! i love it!
let me guess, victory liner yung bus terminal na yun? right?
Salamat Asiong! Yes, Victory.
Oh wow! Red is love indeed! You have truly a creative and amazing eye for beauty and art. ;-D
great concept.for a post. i'm.now addicted to your travel stories. keep them.coming! thanks for sharing
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