Nymphaea lotus Coptic flag. Claire Waight Keller included the flower to represent Malawi in Meghan Markle's wedding veil, which included the distinctive flora of each Commonwealth country. In some parts of Africa the rhizomes and tubers are eaten for the starch they contain either boiled, roasted or ground to a flour after drying. The young fruits are sometimes consumed as a salad. The seeds are turned into a meal. The tubers or the seeds are used as a famine food in India. The ancient Egyptians cultivated the white lotus in ponds and marshes. This flower often appears in ancient Egyptian decorations. They
Lotus Intro track, and J Browz added additional strings. The original demo of the track included a sample of M83's "Midnight City", but it was not approved and therefore not included on the final version. "Lotus Intro" is an electronic music song which lasts for a duration of ; it was inspired by Aguilera's passion for electronica. It has a "hypnotic" yet "dark, serious" tone which develops and matures as it progresses, depicting Aguilera's rebirth, similar to the life cycle of a Lotus Flower. The track opens with tribal chant by Aguilera, who sings the line "Rise up lotus, rise/ This is