Sydney Opera House illuminated with red poppies
The Sydney Opera House is illuminated with red poppies as part of Armistice Day celebrations.
Known as Remembrance Day in Australia, November 11th marks the anniversary of signing the armistice which ended the First World War in 1918.
Inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields” the iconic red poppies are associated with those who died during the war.
The poem describes how quickly crimson red poppies grew around the graves of the lost, and it goes on to create an analogy between the petals and the blood of the dead.
Red poppies symbolize martyrdom and sacrifice in several different cultures. Artificial replicas of the flower called Remembrance Poppies are used elsewhere in Europe and Commonwealth countries to mark the Armistice Day.
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