There’s no
doubt that Valentine’s Day is is celebrated in many countries around the world.
People usually send greeting cards and flowers, give candy or other gifts,
prepare romantic dinner or they go to the cinema. But what interests me a lot, it’s the origin
of celebration.
The roots
of Saint Valentine’s Day lie in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia.
Lupercalia was dedicated to the god Lupercus. It is said that a young man would
write down the name of a young woman in a lottery and would then keep the woman
as a sexual companion for the year.
Thereupon
the Pope was shattered and he changed the lottery: both young men and young
women draw the names of saints whom they would emulate for the year. The patron
became Valentine. For men the day was an occasion to give out cards of admiration that included
Valentine’s name.
So it seems
that tradition remained. Have you
received any love letters or other gifts?
Lots of
love :)
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