Peacocks at Portuguese park

Wherever you go in Portugal, it's easy to find peacocks strutting freely at the parks.

When I saw them walking around the park at first,
I was taken aback as I had only seen them at the zoo inside the cage.

Seeing them around the parks and castles so often, now I got used to them.
Before I was kind of afraid of getting close to them.
Now I am not.

Why are there so many peacocks all over Portuguese parks?
I wonder.
So I looked it up.

There were some clues I could find.
It represents 'eternity' as a religious symbol.

It also means the solar system with its tails' 'eyes' representing the celestial dome.

Sometimes it is used as a coat of arms.
Peacocks are thought to represent 'beauty' and 'pride.'
Its splendor means 'royalty,' too.

Maybe thanks to its symbolism,
there are many peacocks wandering around here in Portugal.

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