Posted by bragirl2
September 10th, 2011 
27 Comments
Holy Ribbons
Sharing is indeed caring, right? 
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It’s not the first time they do that, we know.
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But seeing Rob with her back pack…
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Or was it her with his backpack in July?
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oh, well… Fact is: indeed the same hobo one.
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But let’s see what gave away the sharing… and made it pretty obvious to us.
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The little ribbons, yes. But they’re not regular ribbons… nope! They’re…
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Holy Ribbons!
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And I’m not even kidding.
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These little ribbons come from Brazil, where we call them:
Fitinhas do Bonfim.
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They’re very popular and have been used by Brazilian designers in many different ways.
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I myself have them represented in my canga!
Canga is a piece of colorful cloth we wear to protect ourselves from the hot sand at the beach, and/or to cover our hot bodies when we have those teeny tiny bikinis on. err… wut.
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But what makes these little ribbons holy? The fact that the holycouple wears them? That too, but not only that.
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These fitinhas do bonfim possess a side that few actually know.
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Each color symbolizes an Orixá (or deity of the Yoruba religion). Whichever the color, the ribbon holds a symbolic, aesthetic and spiritual representation typical of the Afro-Brazilian culture.
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The light blue ones are for Iemanjá (goddess of the seas) and the color represents prosperity.
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Multiple chances for a miracle are obtained as the wearer makes a wish each time one of three knots are tied to secure them. No wish will be granted unless the cloth is permitted to wear until it disintegrates naturally.
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Three wishes for each ribbon. And there are two of them there…
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So, what do you think R&K wished for?
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Share your guesses with us on the comments! And Axé to all awesome people who share their pictures because, again… nothing is ours. Even that canga is just very similar to mine.
I love these ribbons & what they represent. The culture behind it is beautiful. I need me some.
I’m hoping that with each of the three knots, he wished for the same thing. Baby. *ties first knot* Baby *ties second knot* Baby *ties third knot*
Let’s pray they didn’t waste it on wishing that Tom would shave…
hahaha! It’s a Rob wish indeed. :’D
And I don’t think they’d waste anything on Tom’s beard!
ily, mama.
Ooooh I am going to do a ribbon! I want to make three wished. Where can I see what the colors mean? As for Robsten? What did they wish for? Well…I can answer on the blue! In my opinion, since they spend so much time apart with the ocean between them, maybe they have wished:
1. For safe return to each other as they travel
2. For their love to travel over the ocean to the other
3. To bond their love forever as they filmed their last scene in the ocean together.
Yes I am a sappy sap and I so think those wishes were for their love.
your sappiness just sapped me up. :””’)
awwwn!
i totally agree with you!! well said!
Oh so it should 3 ribbons n instead that just 2?okay let’s playing!my silly n wanting guess is,there’s only 2 ribbons,coz wish from first ribbon already happen *engage* ,n for the blue one they wish they will have a boy n white one they wish they have white wedding Lmaoo
you got right those two… lol
but it’s 1 for each knot -> 3 knots/ribbon x 2 ribbons = 6 wishes.
*phew* o_o
Now I need a rest. That’s actually math!
What a cool tidbit about the ribbons! Your site is so educational. And sexy. But mostly educational.
Clearly they are both wishing to meet me. Doesn’t everyone?
oh, yeah. I have a few fitinhas do bonfim dedicated to that myself!
Love the post! that’s such a cute thing *sigh*
I’ve had mine forever lol O__o
Oh, and I always learn something new here.
I’ve never heard of these, but here we have some other colorful wish bracelets. They’re from Brazil as well.
oh, now I’m curious about those! Take a pic, if you will, and show us?
CaringIsSharingHappyInLoveInLondonHobos!!
All of Rob’s wishes are for the little swimmers to make it to the promise land. Well that is all of our wishes. *Group chanting is needed*
ITA with @TexasKatherine what an insightful, educational and cultural babyblog, Twins.
Love you both as hard as the holy peen is right now.
omg, so so so so hard!
you’re loved just as equally, lovely H. <3
This is all so brazilian. jhvdyufqvef I need Kristen in tiny brazilian bikinis and tanned Robert in a surf board… or maybe just playing his guitar next to her in a Luau
Either way, they end up having hot sex on the beach. On a canga.
love you both, miss you too. bye
lmao!
omg, bee. I tried to leave the Brazilian pride out of this post and here you come and make my heart pound like that, you bee-tch. :’)
ily. <3
Love the post wifey. I like the history behind the ribbons. Thank you, very educational. I don’t really know what R/K wished for. I like to think that they have each other and that to me, it means they have everything…BTW I love what you guys did w/ Wonderland. Awesome layout <3
I agree. It seems to me that they do have everything. Maybe they wished for peace and less paps? :-/
This is the sweetest custom I’ve heard of and LOVE the 3 holy wishes!!
Wish #1: Holy hot sex, morning, noon(er) and night! CHECK!
Wish #2: Sweet holy cuddling/kissing/touching which leads immediately to Wish #1. CHECK!
Wish #3: ONE KISSY PIC IN PUBLIC SO WE CAN REJOICE THEIR HOLY LOVE!! (well, that might be MY wish but it’s a good one, yes?) CHECK!
…or maybe I should wish for 3 mores wishes -LOL!!
Once again you delight us BBGirl, TYSM ~ red xxoo
I hafta get a ‘fitinha’ myself, miss T… I’d ask for #1 holy sextape, #2 holy sextape and #3 holy sextape. loll
Hey , that’s Nice to Know !
Love the story of the beautiful meaning of colors and what fitinhas do bonfim represent <3
Thinking about My The Most fav' color , The Light Blue one is tied on their bag , Our couple may wish they will have the bright successful future together and the white color will grant them a good sense for their long and lasting love …
Sound Sappy , right lol
And I really hope they can do whatever they wish.
Brilliant Post !
awwn, that’s beautiful, Pam! :’)
it sounds sappy and perfect.
~thanks for stopping by! <3
That’s the sweetest post ever. Love the story behind the ribbons. Thank you for sharing your holy wisdom. “winks” hmmmm I think they wished for more headboard breakage practice. =)
hehe, then their wishes come true every night, Becs.
and come and come and come.
Omg I love this post!!! The Ribbons story is soo cute!! I don’t know what they wished for but I am soo happy that they are happy and i wished the best of the best for them and very happy life for our hobos =)
(Sigh…) We told ya, non-believers! What was it? Two+ years ago? Um….yeah. I’d say “Nah Nah Nuh Boo Boo!” but that would just be rubbing it in.
LOL!!!
hehehe… that’s why I like this meme http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrdku1uNpw1r1ingko1_500.jpg
Hahaha! The picture is great!
Sweeeeet post! Dont know what they wish, but my wishes would be:
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1) New movie with R/K after BD
2) Public kiss (or more…I wouldnt mind
3) To know how it started with them (fanfics arent enough for me, wanna know the truth