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==Origin==
French, [[literally]], [[act]] of [[remembering]], from Middle French, from (''se'') ''souvenir'' to remember, from [[Latin]] ''subvenire'' to come up, come to [[mind]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1782]
==Definition==
*1: something that serves as a reminder
==Description==
A '''souvenir''' (from French, for a remembrance or [[memory]]), memento, keepsake or token of remembrance is an object a [[person]] acquires for the memories the owner associates with it. The term souvenir brings to [[mind]] the mass-produced [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsch kitsch] that is the main [[commodity]] of souvenir and gift shops in many tourist traps around the world. But a souvenir can be any object that can be collected or purchased and transported [[home]] by the [[traveler]]. The object itself has no real significance other than the [[psychological]] [[connection]] the possessor has with the object as a [[symbol]] of [[past]] [[experience]]. Without the owner's input, the object's meaning is [[invisible]] and cannot be articulated.
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan], souvenirs are known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meibutsu meibutsu] (products associated with a particular region); and ''omiyage'', candies or other edibles to be [[shared]] with co-workers. Omiyage sales are big [[business]] at Japanese tourist sites.
[[Travelers]] may buy souvenirs as [[gifts]] for those who did not make the trip.
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
French, [[literally]], [[act]] of [[remembering]], from Middle French, from (''se'') ''souvenir'' to remember, from [[Latin]] ''subvenire'' to come up, come to [[mind]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1782]
==Definition==
*1: something that serves as a reminder
==Description==
A '''souvenir''' (from French, for a remembrance or [[memory]]), memento, keepsake or token of remembrance is an object a [[person]] acquires for the memories the owner associates with it. The term souvenir brings to [[mind]] the mass-produced [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsch kitsch] that is the main [[commodity]] of souvenir and gift shops in many tourist traps around the world. But a souvenir can be any object that can be collected or purchased and transported [[home]] by the [[traveler]]. The object itself has no real significance other than the [[psychological]] [[connection]] the possessor has with the object as a [[symbol]] of [[past]] [[experience]]. Without the owner's input, the object's meaning is [[invisible]] and cannot be articulated.
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan], souvenirs are known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meibutsu meibutsu] (products associated with a particular region); and ''omiyage'', candies or other edibles to be [[shared]] with co-workers. Omiyage sales are big [[business]] at Japanese tourist sites.
[[Travelers]] may buy souvenirs as [[gifts]] for those who did not make the trip.
[[Category: General Reference]]