#congrats! you've expanded the tags! its actually independence day (1) the flowepot joke was about how a revolt was kickstarted by a
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Visit Tumblr Blog
Explore Tumblr blogs with no restrictions, modern design and the best experience.
Last Seen Tumblr Blogs
Fun Fact
Tumblr Inc. is funded by 13 investors.
Text
Yo guys its flowerpot day here in colombia that's so cool :DDDDDD
apparently it's to celebrate the contributions of the ceramist trade to the history and heritage of the country that's so cool :DDDD
#the flowerpot is apparently used as a symbol of the both beauty and usefulness of the ceramic craft and how that's affected the culture#that's so cool :DD#totally no tomfoolery going on here :D#not at all ;D#colombia#20 de julio#national flowerpot day#ok i think that enough bloat to hide this#congrats! you've expanded the tags! its actually independence day (1) the flowepot joke was about how a revolt was kickstarted by a#partially staged incident in which an europeanborn spaniard shopkeeper refused to lend a flowerpot to a criollo (creole. white#born in the colonies) (literally one level below spaniards) which led to a revolt and eventual overthrowing of the viceroy of new granada#(now colombia and others)#and then they sent a letter to spain basically pleading for daddy ferdinand (former king of spain before napoleon overthrowed him and#instilled his brother in charge (aka pepe botellas) messy affair. as history often is#because we cant have nice things here)#but even with the staunch royalist sentiment of the first revolt it eventually paved the way for colombian independence!#misinfo#(only the parts before the “congrats!”)
3 notes
·
View notes