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The symbolism of blood. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
As a symbol, blood carries many emotional, social, and cultural meanings. In some cultures, such as the Maya, the spilling of human blood was the ultimate human sacrifice. In the Christian tradition the blood of Jesus symbolizes the washing away of the sins of the world, and in the twentieth century, so-called purity of blood became an obsession that led to the Holocaust. Medically, blood is a two-edged sword, a transmitter of disease or, by transfusion, a lifesaver.
This subject is being explored in a two-part exhibition in Frankfurt entitled Blood: Perspectives ...
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