Ribbon Symbolism
Pieces of ribbon are used as symbols of support or awareness for various social causes and are called "awareness ribbons".
Ribbons are used in some ceremonies, such as in a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Ribbons also find use in gift wrapping, symbolic reference to the opening of a new event etc.
Yellow ribbons have gained meaning within Internet culture, showing that a trolling attempt was successful.
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Famous quotes containing the words ribbon and/or symbolism:
“I’ll tell you how the Sun rose--
A Ribbon at a time--”
—Emily Dickinson (1831–1886)
“...I remembered the rose bush that had reached a thorny branch out through the ragged fence, and caught my dress, detaining me when I would have passed on. And again the symbolism of it all came over me. These memories and visions of the poor—they were the clutch of the thorns. Social workers have all felt it. It holds them to their work, because the thorns curve backward, and one cannot pull away.”
—Albion Fellows Bacon (1865–1933)