Love Locks, An Universal Ritual [ENG/ESP]
Love Locks, An Universal Ritual.
Who has not been in love? Love is something we cannot escape from, we can even lock it in a padlock and symbolize in this way the union between two people, as hundreds or thousands of them have done in the bridge of the woman, a suspension bridge in the modern neighborhood of Puerto Madero in the city of Buenos Aires. I had a photo walk and decided to take pictures of this again because I had the intention of digging a little deeper into the subject.
I have been seeing this for years and it just hadn't aroused my curiosity, so I decided to do some research and read about where it all comes from, since when and what the origin has been.
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¿Quién no ha estado enamorado? El amor es algo de lo que no podemos escapar, incluso podemos encerrarlo en un candado y simbolizar de ésta manera la unión entre dos personas, así como lo han hecho cientos o miles de ellas en el puente de la mujer, un puente colgante en el moderno barrio de Puerto Madero en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Tuve una caminata fotográfica y decidí tomar nuevamente fotos sobre esto porque tenía la intención de indagar un poco más profundo en el tema.
Tengo años viendo ésto y simplemente no había despertado la curiosidad, así que decidí investigar un poco y leer de dónde viene todo esto, desde cuándo y cuál ha sido el origen.
According to what I have found in different sources, this habit or custom comes from the first world war in the municipality of Serbia Vrnjačka Banja, where a couple in love was formed, some time later the man had to go to war and there he met and fell in love with another woman. The girl could never get over this breakup and what is known is that she died of heartbreak.
Some time later the couples decided to protect their relationship in a symbolic way and thought of writing each other's name on padlocks, put them on the Ljubavi bridge, the place where that couple used to meet and then throw the key away. But... this is mentioned as a “Serbian tale”, I am not sure if it was real.
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Según lo que he encontrado en diferentes fuentes, éste hábito o costumbre viene de la primera guerra mundial en el municipio de Serbia Vrnjačka Banja, en dónde se formó una pareja de enamorados, tiempo después el hombre tuvo que ir a la guerra y allí conoció y se enamoró de otra mujer. La chica nunca pudo superar esta ruptura y lo que se conoce es que ella murió por desamor.
Tiempo después las parejas decidieron proteger de una forma simbólica sus relaciones y pensaron en escribir el nombre de cada uno de ellos en candados, colocarlos en el puente Ljubavi, lugar donde aquella pareja solían verse y luego arrojar la llave. Pero... esto es mencionado como un "cuento serbo", no tengo la certeza de que haya sido real.
In the year 2000 this ritual was gaining more life and was applied in different countries in Europe until it became a global habit.
Over time they have been putting clauses and rules for this kind of actions, in some countries they have allowed the ritual but have forbidden to throw the keys into the river or lake, in other countries including Argentina, in the bridge of the woman where I took these pictures they have removed many padlocks over the years because it is worrying the excessive weight for the bridge. If they didn't do this there would be no more room to put one more padlock, so you only see a few.
A very interesting fact that I didn't know very well until today and I am glad to share it with you.
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En el año 2000 éste ritual fué cobrando más vida y se aplicaba en diferentes países de Europa hasta que se convirtió en un hábito global.
A lo largo del tiempo han estado poniendo clausulas y reglas para este tipo de acciones, en algunos países han permitido el ritual pero han prohibido arrojar las llaves al río o lago, en otros países incluyendo Argentina, en el puente de la mujer donde tomé éstas fotos han quitado muchísimos candados a lo largo de los años porque es preocupante el excesivo peso para el puente. De no hacer esto no habría más lugar para colocar un candado más, así que solo ves unos pocos.
Un dato bastante interesante que hasta el día de hoy no conocía muy bien y para mí es grato compartirlo con ustedes.
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I have always wanted to do a photo shoot like this, but we don't have a bridge with locks and where I've been so far, somehow I haven't found any.
I love the light, the tone of the photos. You're really talented my lovely friend!
Wishing you all the best and have a lovely weekend! 🤗😍💚😘
Even so, I know there are wonderful places where you are and take wonderful photos 😊
Thank you very much my dear friend, I send you many hugs and kisses 🤗🤗😘😘
A wonderful love story, even if we don't know if it really happened. Beautiful photos from a such an interesting and romantic place 😊
Thank you very much for such a kind words @tiptop97 I'm glad you liked them :)
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