ORIGIN The pomegranate is native to locations from Iran to the Himalayas in India. It is widely cultivated throughout India, the Meditteranean, southeast Asia, Malaya, the East Indies and tropical Africa. The pomegranate can be seen as a symbol of humanity’s central beliefs and ideals, namely, life and death, rebirth and eternal life, fertility and marriage, and abundance throughout virtually every religion in history. It was used in religious paintings by Botticelli and da Vinci, where it is seen in the hands of the Virgin Mary or the baby Jesus. It’s depicted bursting open, representing the expansion of life. Simultaneously ...
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