Weekly Photo Challenge: CLOSE – if friends feel very close, they share a lock-ritual: friendship metaphors seen in Cologne, Deutz Bridge, Rhine River, near the Cathedral: they throw the key of the lock into the deep river to be fixed together till eternity and no one will be able to unlock them again – not even a good diver …
photo by frizztext; click on the picture to enter his flickr galleries …
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about LOVE LOCKS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_padlocks
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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebesschloss
love locks are in Rome, Vrnjačka_Banja (Serbia), Moscow, Paris, Helsinki, Salzburg, Munich, Pécs (Hungary), Guam, Montevideo, Seoul, Tokyo, Kiev, Seville, Toronto etc.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/world/europe/06rome.html?_r=1
also:
http://www.rhinemagazine.com/locks-love-tinkling-cologne
there you can read: “Love locks have also appeared in Florence, Rome (Ponte Milvio), Guam, Montevideo, Seoul, Tokyo, Kiev, Seville and other major cities. In Rome the practise was given a huge boost in 2006 by a romantic movie called ‘Ho Voglia di Te’…”
also related:
http://www.candaceroserardon.com/2012/02/love-locks-in-cologne/
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http://www.justaplanerideaway.com/2009/12/padlocks-of-love-in-koln-germany.html
I took some more photos there:
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Flickr Comments 
Wow, that’s great! I was recently in Francavilla Al Mare on the Adriatic, and at the end of the town pier there are locks all over the railings. Someone said it was a public display of love for another. Wondering if this is a common custom through Europe in some way?
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maybe not only in Europe – also in Asia and USA?
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I don’t know – might be something to research! Either way, great post, love the interpretation of the theme!
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love locks are in Rome, Vrnjačka_Banja (Serbia), Moscow, Paris, Helsinki, Salzburg, Munich, Pécs (Hungary), Guam, Montevideo, Seoul, Tokyo, Kiev, Seville, Toronto etc.
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great interpretation! I love it…rita
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Excellent post! Love the concept. Now I have to go look for a photo that illustrates “close.” 🙂
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Wow, pretty intense ritual – like!
http://thetaskmistress.me/2012/06/15/weekly-photo-challenge-close
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Brilliant!
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In paris we have the same, love it 🙂
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A nice ritual – “love locks!”
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Great entry . I love this middle one with the reptile on it. 🙂
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That’s wonderful!
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Love locks, how wonderful !
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Incredibly, indescribably, uncommonly cool, cool, cool!
Par excellence!
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This is really cool! Closed locks.
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maybe it’s nice to be close but not closed …
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I agree
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Interesting. Like the one on the left with the little red heart drawn on it. Now they’ll be close!
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Wonderful metaphor and an interesting shot! I like the fact that the participants have to “close” the lock!
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wow prettty close, great entry frizztext 🙂
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Perfect!
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Very!
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Thank you…I had never heard of the lock ritual.
Peace,
Siggi in Downeast Maine
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This is awesome!
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So many cultures in the world…so many secrets…to unlock. I’d never heard of this one.
hugs for sharing.
🙂
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Love it
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That’s a very nice custom and I love your photo, Frizz! [I wonder if anyone cleans the waters from all these keys or are they piling up creating an unnatural metal seabed!]
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Fantastic!
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I recently saw some “Padlocks of Love” in Italy over the Tiber River. Such a cool phenomenon!
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very cool shot!
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perfect.
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Specially like this one
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And from me http://2011onthebench.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/weekly-photo-challenge-close/
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Great photo and I like your interpretation of the the theme on several levels.
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That love lock photo is fabulous! I love all the different size and color locks… Just like life I suppose… 🙂
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I have heard about this before…but it looks incredible
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wonderful idea to share this frizz, a lot of us have never seen it before!
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I only heard of this after we have been to Köln. 😦
will try my best to go back there before our final back to South-Africa
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But… were there any locks around?
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Seriously, though… very, very cool Frizz!
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Nice interpretation.
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Great post… 🙂
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This is an interesting idea Frizz 🙂 Never heard of that before.
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Paris, Hamburg, Stockholm – that’s where I found mine 🙂
Being together inherently means being close…
Close can have so many meanings, it can be hard to capture them all in one go…
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thank you SLR for examples from
Paris, Hamburg, Stockholm…
frizz:
even in Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk, there have such locks, I actually heard …
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dialog in my flickr photo stream:
1 – Fig & Quince (10 hours ago)
I’m very much intrigued by this shot (& series) but I’m not sure I understand … is this a place where people add locks?
2 – Frizztext (reply, a moment ago)
everyone can add there his lock – in Cologne; other cities have the same project…
maybe you can be the first to start this in YOUR hometown?
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I just saw your entry, although you posted some days ago! We had the same idea, lol… 🙂 Thanks for the pingback..
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it’s nice, Elisa, that so many people in so many different cities are following this idea, isn’t it? They say, it started in Serbia after World War I …
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Yeah is really nice, it’s something that crosses borders and cultures…
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Fun photo! There’s a place in Rome, the Gianicolo where lovers put locks on a fence as well. It appears to be an international tradition! Thank you for the follow!
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I came across this ritual last year. I am very impressed by it
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REALLY liked this one! Clesed for sure! KKKKKKKK
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I somehow missed this pic. Just LOVE it, it’s so unusual, and I love the padlock with the lizard on.
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Wicked concept!!!
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awesome pic… thanks for the visit and like over at CTB : D
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I love your photos. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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