The history of Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day or Valentine’s Day is a special date to commemorate and in which it celebrates the loving union between couples is common to exchange cards and gifts with symbolism same purpose, such as the traditional boxes of chocolates. In Brazil, the date is celebrated on June 12. Portugal also was the same until a few years but is currently the most common date is celebrated on February 14.
History
The history of Valentine’s Day dates back to a dark day of fasting has been in honor of St. Valentine. The association with romantic love comes after the late Middle Ages, during which the concept of romantic love was formulated.
Bishop Valentine fought against the orders of Emperor Claudius II, who had forbidden the marriage during the war believing that the singles were better fighters.
In addition to continuing celebrating marriages, he married secretly, despite the ban of the emperor. The practice was discovered and Valentine was arrested and sentenced to death. While imprisoned, many young people gave flowers and cards saying that young people still believed in love. While in jail awaiting the completion of his sentence, he fell in love with a jailer’s blind daughter and miraculously restored her sight. Before leaving, Valentine wrote a farewell message to her, in which he signed as “Your Boyfriend” or “From your Valentine.”
Considered a martyr for the Catholic Church, the date of his death – February 14 – also marks the eve of Luperce, annual festivals celebrated in ancient Rome in honor of Juno (the goddess of women and marriage) and Pan (god of nature). One of the rituals of this festival was the parade of fertility, where the priests marched through the city knocking on all women with leather straps goat to ensure fertility.
Another version says that in the seventeenth century, British and French began to celebrate Valentine’s Day as the union of Valentine’s Day. The date was adopted a century later in America, making it the Valentine’s Day, and the Middle Ages, it was said that on February 14 was the first day of mating birds. So lovers of the Middle Ages used this opportunity to leave messages of love on the doorstep of the beloved.
The day is now closely associated with the mutual exchange of love messages in the form of symbolic objects. Modern symbols include the heart and the silhouette of a figure of a Cupid with wings. Begun in the nineteenth century, the practice of scraps manuscripts gave way to the exchange of greeting cards produced in mass. It is estimated that, worldwide, approximately one billion cards with romantic messages are sent each year, making this day one of the most lucrative of the year. It is also estimated that women purchase approximately 85% of all those present in Brazil.
The Valentine’s Day was until a few decades ago a festival celebrated mainly in Anglo-Saxon countries, but throughout the twentieth century the habit has spread to many other countries.
Source: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_dos_Namorados
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