Was invited recently to an inaugural and do the opening honors.
What began as a rope cutting ritual, centuries ago, stands transformed today into a more elegant ribbon-cutting. Records have it that the first historic ribbon-cutting ceremony happened in 1898 to mark the opening of a railroad line in Northern Louisiana. Ever since, the ritual began to mark the beginning of any new activity, be it the launch of a newly built boat or business.
It is also traditional component of wedding ceremonies in some western countries. The bride or her father cuts a ribbon stretched across the door of the family home, symbolizing her new found freedom and leaving her life as a maiden behind. In essence ribbon-cutting has come to symbolize freeing or opening something.
In vaastu sastra and vedic rituals, we have a component called Digbandana – closing bounded space or water filled vessels with sacred threads for insulation of divine vibrations and opening them at the end of sacred chants and japa.
What began as a rope cutting ritual, centuries ago, stands transformed today into a more elegant ribbon-cutting. Records have it that the first historic ribbon-cutting ceremony happened in 1898 to mark the opening of a railroad line in Northern Louisiana. Ever since, the ritual began to mark the beginning of any new activity, be it the launch of a newly built boat or business.
It is also traditional component of wedding ceremonies in some western countries. The bride or her father cuts a ribbon stretched across the door of the family home, symbolizing her new found freedom and leaving her life as a maiden behind. In essence ribbon-cutting has come to symbolize freeing or opening something.
In vaastu sastra and vedic rituals, we have a component called Digbandana – closing bounded space or water filled vessels with sacred threads for insulation of divine vibrations and opening them at the end of sacred chants and japa.
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