Its renowned for being the most romantic day of the year .Many people around the world celebrate valentines day by showing appreciation for people they love or adore.
But why exactly do we celebrate Valentine's day and why does it fall on Feb 14th?let's look at a brief background of the valentine day.
BACKGROUND;
The origin of Valentine day is not clear but
many sources believe that it stems from the story of St Valentine, a Roman priest who was martyred on or around February 14 in the year 270 CE.
The church back then used the day of St Valentine’s martyrdom to Christianize the old Roman Lupercalia, a pagan festival held around the middle of February.
HOW VALENTINE DAY BEGIN?
The ancient ceremony included putting girls’ names in a box and letting the boys draw them out. Couples would then be paired off until the following year. The Christian church substituted saints’ names for girls’ names in hope that the participant would model his life after the saint whose name he drew. However, it was once again girls’ names that ended up in the box by the later century.
Eventually the custom of sending anonymous cards or messages to those whom one admired became the accepted way of celebrating valentine's day.
SYMBOLS OF VALENTINE
-Heart
-Rose
Roses have been the symbol of love.
The red rose was believed to be the flower
favoured by Venus, the Roman Goddess of Love,
and has therefore come to represent that.
-Red and pink colours.
-Images and statues of cupid
Cupid is the god of desire, erotic love, affection and attraction. He is the son of Venus, goddess of love, and war god Mars. Cupid in Latin is 'amor', which means love.
-Cards
Lovers later began to send
trinkets, cards and flowers to their loved ones on valentine day.
Its the season of love.Show love to someone.
Thanks and happy valentine steemians.
Love in the air!!!!