Celebrating Spring: Significance and Traditions
Celebrating Spring: Significance and Traditions
picnic, the flowers and colors peek among our plants (and in our look) and many
We woke up with a smile: happy spring.
This season begins with an equinox, a moment in which the solar center is located in
the same plane as the terrestrial equator, and the days and nights coincide in almost any
point of the earth.
But a question came to mind and today we will answer it. If there are 4 seasons,
Why do we only celebrate the beginning of one of them?
The answer lies in what it represents, and although each culture has celebrated it throughout
the years in their form, all coincide at one point: spring is an opportunity for
change in which everything blooms again. It brings life, new shoots of trees are reborn
and the harvest grows, and for these reasons it was a reason for celebration since the beginning of our
history both in the West and in the East. With this common premise, each community has
I found a particular meaning and origin in this season of the year.
Maya
For them, thearrival of spring it was linked to balance, the astronomical and
Astrophysicist. On this day of the year, the stars, planets, and stars align with the earth.
to form the equinox: morning and night, light and darkness, have the same
duration, a very important and worthy event to celebrate.
Spring is one of the four seasons that divides the year. This season begins with
theequinoxof spring that occurs between March 20 and 21 in the northern hemisphere, and
between September 22 and 23 in the Southern Hemisphere. During spring, the trees
they begin to turn green, and the plants to bloom.
It is important to highlight that the seasons: spring, summer,autumnand winter, I don't know
they are presented in the same way all over the world, as each region can have
oneclimatedifferent.
At the beginning of spring, the cold season comes to an end and the days begin
warm, and the day and thenightthey have the same duration. For agriculture, spring is
ideal as it is conducive to planting or harvesting.
On the other hand, spring beyond its meteorological concept has a connotation
symbolic or representative, since it is compared to the stage of youth. It is very
It's common to hear expressions like 'just turned 15 springs', referring to the fact that
this stage of a person's life is similar to the season of the year.
Upon learning about the injustices suffered by the indigenous people, he started his political career by joining the
liberals. In 1847, he became a deputy and in 1855 he was appointed Minister of Justice and
Instruction. In 1858, he became President of Mexico and enacted laws that eliminated
the ancient privileges of the priests. He also defeated the French who invaded
Mexico in 1862.
He was reelected in 1871 and founded many schools where free education was provided.
He also commissioned the construction of railways and the extension of telegraphs. He died from an illness of
the lungs on July 18, 1872.