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The concept of gifting flowers on important occasions is a tradition in Russia followed religiously almost by each every Russian and no occasion is complete without flowers. Very interestingly, in the month of September( in Russia academic sessions begin from September) you will find students waiting outside their schools with flowers in their hands. This is evident of the fact that flowers are an integral part of a Russian's life.

Russia being a very cold country, flowers of a very good quality do not bloom here and therefore have to be imported. However this does not deter the Russians from celebrating all their important occasions with flowers.

Since flowers are so important to Russia and its people, an indigenous way of flower making has been devised. Flowers in a bouquet for a happy occasions are always in odd numbers because according to the Russians, odd numbers are symbols of happy times. A Russian flower bouquet for a girl is usually made of 13 roses. Even numbers on the other hand represent bad times and are usually used for funerals.

There are no religious festivals as such in Russia and so Christmas and Valentine's Day are not very important occasions. Rather, the New Year's Day is the most important day of the year in this country and on this day the floral market zooms like the stock market index does on a day when the bulls rule the roost. Women's Day is also another important day for celebration and any gift made on this day, no matter how expensive,is considered incomplete without a bunch of Russian flowers.

As tea- drinking is an important way of life in Russia, the country specializes in tea-time flower arrangement also It is an assortment of Russian flowers and fine quality tea leaves. Every country has their own story about flowers to narrate. Many more articles on state and country flowers in Dgreetings.com will help you know about them.