Red-Light District Traditional Cache
Knagur Green: Restricted area . Non-accessible areas under control of Iraqi Army. Co not in country Listing and cache not maintained
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This cache is located on a coalition-controlled installation in
Iraq; proper ID is required for access.
The origin of the "red light" term is considered to be the red lanterns carried by railway workers (which were left outside brothels when the workers entered, so that they could be quickly located for any needed train movement) or the red paper lanterns (which were thought to be sensual) that were hung outside brothels in ancient China to identify them as such.
The color red has been associated with prostitution for millennia; in the Biblical story of Rahab, a prostitute in Jericho, aided the spies of Joshua and identified her house with a scarlet rope, which saved her household from the massacre that a successfully besieged city usually suffered.
During World War I, there were many brothels in Belgium and France; blue lights were used to indicate brothels for officers, red lights for other ranks.
~ Dedicated to all the night cachers who, like me, cannot always cache in the sunny mornings or afternoons, this is a guaranteed grab in the hours of darkness.
!!! Congrats to Fog on his FTF and safe visit to the red-light district
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