Why are medalists given flowers at the olympics

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The Story Behind the Tokyo Olympics Bouquet Ten years ago, an earthquake in the east of Japan caused a tsunami that triggered the worst nuclear disaster since the Chernobyl crisis. Read more. October 11, September 17, Share your birthday with us and we will send you a gift on the day. Date of Birth. Parents whose children died in the disaster were said to have planted them. Their children had taken refuge on a hillside during the tsunami, and their parents chose to follow suit.

Both the white and purple Eustomas and Solomon's were grown at a non-profit initiative in Fukushima to try and revive the local economy, which had been badly affected by the disaster.

Gentians' farms are located in Iwate, a coastal area that was destroyed by the tsunami in The Debate. They were said to have been planted by parents whose children died in the disaster. These parents chose the hillside where their kids had taken refuge during the tsunami. The bouquets also contain gentians — small bright blue flowers — which were grown in Iwate, a coastal area devastated by the disaster. Additionally, these bouquets also have green aspidistras, which represent host city Tokyo, where they were grown, the report states.

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