If you hear talk of “marijuana”, surely your mind will instantly project a sharp image: its characteristic leaf, because no one is unaware that this is the part of the archiconocida plante that represents it globally. So much so that in any culture, country or society throughout the world, any individual is able to recognize with a simple glance the marijuana plant by the shape of its leaves.
This article will focus on the aesthetic aspect of the marijuana leaf as a recognizable image of it and its symbolism. Thus, the leaf, as such, by definition, is each of the parts, generally green, flat and thin, that are born at the end of the branches or in the stems of the plants.
Although it is true that the structure of the leaf of marijuana in itself considered is very similar to the rest of leaves of the plants in general, the leaf of marijuana has an own drawing and only very characteristic. Within this marked profile, there are three main types of plants by virtue of the shape of their leaves: Sativa, Indica and Ruderalis.
These sub-types of leaf maintain the essence of the form of the leaf of marijuana, although they have certain differences and own characteristics, that will be object of development in later publications.
But not only in the present time it is recognizable the marijuana by its leaf, the leaf of marijuana like image appears in numerous symbology along our history, in fact already in the ancient Egypt they give images in geroglyphics where the image of the leaf of marijuana appears, specially in relation with the goddess of the wisdom Sehat, having been found even texts in which they refer to her like “the one of the 7 points”, which can keep close relation with the form of the leaf of marijuana.
On the other hand, we also find numerous references to the leaf of marijuana in the Ancient Greece and Rome, as well as to its consumption and use like drink and even to realize some fabrics due to the resistant fibers of the hemp.
Nevertheless, in spite of its historical incidence (numerous personalities throughout history in different times have been related to the plant of marijuana and its consumption, as Joan of Arc, William Shakespeare, Queen Victoria or the philosopher Descartes among many others), it is perhaps not until the twentieth century in which the image of the leaf of marijuana becomes totally universal, due to the diffusion of the same one like unequivocal symbol of the culture rastafari, extended and expanded worldwide by the famous musician and singer of reggae Bob Marley, culture that worships la marihuana, grass or ganja as they denominate it, like something sacred, forming part of their consumption of a religious ritual.
Likewise, the marijuana leaf can be related in the same way as one of the symbols of the hippìe movement, anarchist and pacifist movement very booming in the 60’s, which preached peace and love, with special concern for the environment.
Nevertheless the previous thing, apart from these movements (today in decadence) the certain thing is that the image of the leaf of marijuana is totally rooted in our society, even being used without any type of background and merely with aesthetic aims, so that it is habitual to find it in fashion prints in common clothes of dress, even, as curious data, recently an Estonian city called Kanepi, has chosen its flag, using the leaf of marijuana like symbol of the same one.
Therefore, at present, we can affirm that the leaf of marijuana is unquestionable and perfectly recognizable by practically any person, independently of its nationality or culture, having connotations of all nature, being thus that anyone to whom this plant is mentioned will automatically think in the form of its leaf, independently of its opinion on its consumption.
To conclude, as you have checked this article has focused exclusively on the particular form of the marijuana leaf and its roots in today’s society as the image of the plant and symbol of certain movements and sub-cultures, however, if you want to know more about their characteristics and uses, in future publications we will focus on these and other issues.
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