Carson-Brierly Dance Library.
At the heart of the term "souvenir" is the desire "to remember." The desire, however, is tied to a physical object - a seashell recalling an ocean, pressed leaves of a visit home, a ticket stub of an evening in the theater. These are keys to trigger memory.
Souvenirs have been a part of human endeavor, one suspects, since before recorded history, a chance to touch time itself by capturing a moment in a significant object. Mourners used to clip a lock of hair, or lop off a bit of funeral shroud to mark the passing of important personages. Indeed, the invention of the honor guard may have been less a case of homage than defense against desecration.
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