Jasmine flower, I believe many of you knows this flower. Especially for someone who lives in the tropic country. This is one of the fragrant flowers. It has very good scent, and commonly we can find them in white. Sometimes we can see its shape like a star, or it could be double petal. And I have one of them, it is double petal flower that I have had around for four years. That is one of my favorite flower in my “garden”.
In my “garden”, Jasmine flower is not the only one of the fragrant plants. Water Jasmine produces a good smell too when they bloom. I think I’ve been having Water Jasmine plant about 2 years. Both of them are lovely, and interesting plants. Jasmine flower and Water Jasmine, they have the same color, white flower. For the size, Water Jasmine’s is smaller than Jasmine flower. Each of them have different way to take care of.
In Indonesia, Jasmine flower is national flower. When I was kid, I saw many people in my village planted Jasmine flower plant at their yards. But today, it is hard to find Jasmine flower plant at yards. And I shocked when my Indonesian friend told me how expensive Jasmine flower plant in her place. Even if it’s hard to find this plant, but Jasmine flower has an important role for Indonesians, especially for Javanese. They use Jasmine flower for wedding decoration. The bride and the groom would be wearing Jasmine flower garland. Some people use Jasmine flower garland for celebrate special occasions, and many of them using Jasmine flower for decorate the room, it could be party room, at the house. And you have to know, Jasmine flower used for funeral too. For me, Jasmine flower is important flower in my life too. Because, it is one of the ways that I give honor to my ancestors, with simple arrangement. So, I would always love to say, Jasmine flower is the scent from the heaven.
Now, let’s talk about Jasmine flower in Singapore. In Singapore, it seems easy to find Jasmine flower plant. Because many people in Singapore planting this plant and place them in corridor. Yes, we don’t have a yards, but we can grow Jasmine plant in a pot. We also could find this plant at the market. 1 pack of Jasmine flower buds sold SGD 1 in the market. When I bought my potting Jasmine plant, it was about SGD 6. I don’t know how much its price today. Flowers have an important role too for Singaporeans. And one of them is Jasmine flower. In Singapore, Indian descendant women would decorate their hair with Jasmine flower garland. It’s looks nice and beautiful.
For some reasons, Jasmine flower is important among people’s lives. It could be cultural or tradition reasons, the jasmine flower is for such a meaningful part for people’s life. Jasmine flower garland used for wedding, to honor guests, decorate hair, or it could be used up for funeral and to honor ancestors. Of course, we can drink jasmine tea, and I love it! Many products of tea using jasmine flower to create flavor. I think there are many benefits that we get from Jasmine flower.
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