L’histoire d’un oïgnon. The story of an onion.

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L'oignon provient sans doute d'une espèce sauvage d'Asie centrale. Sa domestication remonte à plusieurs milliers d'années ; elle aurait eu lieu dans la région du Baloutchistan, ou de façon plus large de la Palestine à l'Inde.

L'oignon est connu dès l'Antiquité. En Mésopotamie, il figure dans les plus anciennes recettes de cuisine qui soient parvenues à l'époque contemporaine. En Égypte, la culture des oignons est représentée sur des décorations de tombes dès la Ve dynastie. L'oignon est une offrande religieuse que l'on place sur les autels et auprès des morts. Par sa croissance et sa reproduction à la verticale, il symbolise la résurrection solaire. L'oignon est utilisé pour ses propriétés désodorisantes : placé dans la bouche du défunt, il la purifie et « illumine » son visage. L'oignon est associé aux serpents et aux hirondelles. L'oignon est un « anti-serpent » qui les maintient en hibernation tant qu'il reste sous la terre. Le départ des hirondelles indique le moment de semer des oignons, et leur retour le moment de les récolter.

La pelure d'oignon était utilisé jadis en musique pour la confection du mirliton, d'où l'un de ses noms:" flûte à l'oignon" ( nom encore utilisé en anglais: onion flute).

The onion probably comes from a wild species from Central Asia. Its domestication dates back several thousand years; it would have taken place in the Baluchistan region, or more broadly from Palestine to India.

The onion has been known since Antiquity. In Mesopotamia, it appears in the oldest cooking recipes that have reached the contemporary era. In Egypt, the cultivation of onions is represented on tomb decorations from the 5th dynasty. The onion is a religious offering that is placed on altars and near the dead. By its growth and reproduction vertically, it symbolizes the solar resurrection. The onion is used for its deodorizing properties: placed in the mouth of the deceased, it purifies it and "illuminates" his face. The onion is associated with snakes and swallows. The onion is an "anti-snake" that keeps them in hibernation as long as it remains underground. The departure of the swallows indicates the time to sow onions, and their return the time to harvest them.
Onion peel was once used in music to make the mirliton, hence one of its names: "onion flute" (a name still used today in English: onion flute).

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