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If you are a young nerd in love, you should already know that there is no day or exact time to declare your love for the person who shares life with you. But that doesn’t mean there may be a more special day for all couples in the world, and it’s the Valentine’s Dayor Valentine’s Day.
Every February 14th, it is quite possible that you are flooded by the most varied declarations of love passing on your timeline. This is because the date marks Valentine’s Day in the US and most foreign countries.
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But have you ever wondered where the date comes from, and why, Brazil, always different, celebrates the occasion only in June?
What is Valentine’s Day
As the name implies, St. Valentine’s Day was born of the celebration of several martyrs of the same name. In ancient times, the date was not even directly linked to loving affairs, which was most evidence of the third century after Christ.
The story mentions that a bishop, Valentine, dared to continue celebrating marriages even after the orders of the powerful Roman emperor Claudio II, which caused the arrest and death of the religious, martyr of the Catholic Church.
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Of course, pop culture also has an important finger on the spread of the given, as romance is one of the most exploited genres in audiovisual, and Valentine’s Day is no exception.
The celebration was even the subject of a fun episode in two parts of Chaveswhich certainly marked the childhood of young nerds in Latin America.
Why is Brazilian Valentine’s Day in June?
On the side of this, Valentine’s Day owes all its history to advertising, as it was imported as a strategy of leveraging sales in the June period.
The date chosen, June 12, is also the day before the celebration of St. Anthony, the traditional “Holy Great Holy”.
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