Saturday, February 14, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Happy Valentine`s Day from Slovenia
Valentine`s day is becoming more and more popular in Slovenia, especially among young people. This is what we do on Valentine`s week.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Valentine's Day in Poland
Women's Day is is celebrated in Poland on March the 8th of each year but it becomes less popular and the new tradition incorporated into our customs and celebrations is Valentine's Day (in Polish: Walentynki)It has not been celebrated in Poland until very recently but it seems to be enjoyed by everyone, especially teenagers.Young people know tricks to express their feelings like for example: sending Valentines Day bouquets, e-cards, buying sweets, inventing chat up lines ...- but the most valuable ever are homemade valentine cards.
We also celebrate Valentines Day at school. We decorate our classrooms, we write messages for the ones we like on the cards which are deliverded to them by special messengers.
There are also some talented students who write short poems to be presented on the special board. We listen to and sing some love songs and sometimes we have a performance at school prepared by our students.
We also celebrate Valentines Day at school. We decorate our classrooms, we write messages for the ones we like on the cards which are deliverded to them by special messengers.
There are also some talented students who write short poems to be presented on the special board. We listen to and sing some love songs and sometimes we have a performance at school prepared by our students.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Even In Greek Valentine's Day...
...couples may happen to fight and so the flowers have to stay in the middle (if not thrown to one another's head!).
In Valentine's there are surprises...
...because now in Greece there is this equality between men and women. So we don't know who offers to who...
Monday, February 9, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Kengyel, Hungary
Valentine's day
In Hungary the habit of giving present to our love on this day has been spreading since the ‘90s. In our language Valentine means Bálint, that’s why it’s much more common to call this day Bálint’s day.
Of course, it’s important to remark that as the time is passing, it has become not only the day of the lovers, but love as well. So, it’s proper to give small presents to all of those people who are close to heart. Our parents, brothers, sisters or best friends, all deserve a chocolate heart, a flower or a simple greeting.
At the same time we mustn’t forget that love and courtesy are important on the other days as well.
And now, come what may. Here you can read about how our ancestors seduced their sweethearts. They believed that if love doesn’t come automatically, only some magic could help.
Girls, girls bewitched girls! Everybody in Hungary remembers this mocking ditty from their childhoods. Not everybody had the talent in witchcraft in the older times, but they – especially girls - were aware of far more practices to get or keep their lovers.
Now, see some of these old superstitions, which you can try on this occasion.
- Eat an apple that has nine pips. Put them in the chosen one’s pocket in an unguarded moment. Now it’s granted that the boy will surely fall in love with the girl doing the practice.
- Strike a match and wait until it has burnt down. Your lover will come from the direction towards which the burnt match-head falls.
- It is worth setting a cat on the desired boy, because if it rubs against the boy’s leg, he will surely find a girl from the house the cat belongs to.
- To dream about a bird means getting married.
- If either the boy or the girl breaks a mirror, they won’t get married for nine years.
- Lovers wanting their love to last forever must bake each other’s hair into a cake and eat it together. They will never leave each other.
- After sunset the girl isn’t allowed to sweep if she wishes to get married.
- According to the beliefs those couples whose joined hands have been washed with consecrated water, and the water has been poured on their heads neither charm, bewitching or witch’s glance can make them be separated.
You don’t have to take these tricks seriously, as the world has changed a lot. So, a smile or some kind words are much more effective.
In Hungary the habit of giving present to our love on this day has been spreading since the ‘90s. In our language Valentine means Bálint, that’s why it’s much more common to call this day Bálint’s day.
Of course, it’s important to remark that as the time is passing, it has become not only the day of the lovers, but love as well. So, it’s proper to give small presents to all of those people who are close to heart. Our parents, brothers, sisters or best friends, all deserve a chocolate heart, a flower or a simple greeting.
At the same time we mustn’t forget that love and courtesy are important on the other days as well.
And now, come what may. Here you can read about how our ancestors seduced their sweethearts. They believed that if love doesn’t come automatically, only some magic could help.
Girls, girls bewitched girls! Everybody in Hungary remembers this mocking ditty from their childhoods. Not everybody had the talent in witchcraft in the older times, but they – especially girls - were aware of far more practices to get or keep their lovers.
Now, see some of these old superstitions, which you can try on this occasion.
- Eat an apple that has nine pips. Put them in the chosen one’s pocket in an unguarded moment. Now it’s granted that the boy will surely fall in love with the girl doing the practice.
- Strike a match and wait until it has burnt down. Your lover will come from the direction towards which the burnt match-head falls.
- It is worth setting a cat on the desired boy, because if it rubs against the boy’s leg, he will surely find a girl from the house the cat belongs to.
- To dream about a bird means getting married.
- If either the boy or the girl breaks a mirror, they won’t get married for nine years.
- Lovers wanting their love to last forever must bake each other’s hair into a cake and eat it together. They will never leave each other.
- After sunset the girl isn’t allowed to sweep if she wishes to get married.
- According to the beliefs those couples whose joined hands have been washed with consecrated water, and the water has been poured on their heads neither charm, bewitching or witch’s glance can make them be separated.
You don’t have to take these tricks seriously, as the world has changed a lot. So, a smile or some kind words are much more effective.
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