How Valentines Day is celebrated around the world

Valentines day is a time for giving of gifts and relishing in spending romantic moments from when the sun comes up to when it goes down. Busy feet rush to store outlets in order to collect the perfect gifts, hands reach for phone in order to make sure that their favourite cluster of flowers is stored just for them to pick up later that day or week, and restaurants are filled with reservations so that loved ones can have a meal together in a pleasant place with a little bit of classy touch while sitting under the dim lighting and sharing a few loving stares. Valentine’s day is the made for being spoilt and not credit card with refuse to splurge. It’s a time when giving is the destiny and loving is the universal shift as the horizons lighten and darken its colours and shades.

Is Valentine’s day a universal theme?

Valentine is indeed universal, and spreads its expectations around the America’s and Europe annually. Long ago it was a chivalric gesture, which medieval peoples participated in to show a kinder side to their otherwise warring existence in order to be successful in love and all of its courtesies. Obviously it was a day most treasured to have lived on and strived in abundance in the years between then and today, where it continues to infatuate most modern day peoples who have romance and sharing on their minds.

Tell me more about traditions that strive from place to place in honour of the day?

Of course, traditions have been something to characterise each countries style of love and sharing of care and all things courteous. I will explain a few in minor details in order to just wet the appetite on what happens in different parts of the world.

Ancient Rome:

The Romans called Valentines Day “Lupercalia”, which was an archaic rite connected to fertility. This was celebrated on February 15, right after the “Juno Februa” s festival that was celebrated on the February 13-14.

Medieval period and the English Renaissance:

This period had “A High Court Of Love” which was invented on Valentines day, and dealt with issues such as love contracts, betrays, and violence against women. Women chose the judges after hearing them read poetry – whoever they thought portrayed the most love won a seat in the major sentencing booth.

Jewish Tradition

Jews had a day called “Tu B’Av” which was a day where girls wore white dresses and ran to the vine yards where boys would be waiting. This happened on the 15th of February annually.

Brazil

Brazil celebrates “Dia dos Nomorados”, where chocolates, cards, gifts, and flowers are exchanged.

Japan:

Japanese have a day called “giri-choko” where females workers give each male worker a box of chocolates.

Slovenia:

The peoples of Slovenia remember Saint Valentine, who has been regarded as being the carrier of loving roots. So they only celebrate when the first vine in the vine fields begin to sprout and grow.

So there are many different ways to celebrate the same day after all – but as long as its love, it giving in the true spirit, and that’s what really matter on Valentines Day.