{"id":7787,"date":"2021-02-12T16:45:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/?p=7787"},"modified":"2023-11-24T11:37:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T11:37:43","slug":"valentines-day-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/valentines-day-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine\u2019s Day Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0212_valentinesDayAroundTheWorld-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0212_valentinesDayAroundTheWorld-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0212_valentinesDayAroundTheWorld-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0212_valentinesDayAroundTheWorld-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0212_valentinesDayAroundTheWorld.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<style>\nh2 {\nmargin: 3% 0 2% 1%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Valentine\u2019s Day is celebrated in many wonderful ways around the world. uTalk\u2019s Language guru, Brian, presents five countries and their colourful customs all done in the name of love!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Argentina<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Argentineans are so passionate about love that in addition to Valentine\u2019s Day, they celebrate an entire week in July called La Semana de la Dulzura or \u2018Week of Sweetness\u2019 to show their affections to each other. Argentineans exchange sweets and chocolates for kisses during this week and if you\u2019re lucky enough to be in Argentina from the first to the seventh of July (or if your significant other is Argentinean!) remember to have those sweets on hand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Brazil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>February is traditionally Carnival time in Brazil, so Brazilians will be too busy partying, drinking caipirinhas and dancing to even bother with Valentine\u2019s Day! Instead, they celebrate Dia dos Namorados, meaning \u2018Lovers\u2019 Day\u2019 on the 12th of June in honour of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of marriage. Single Brazilian women perform a ritual on the night before Dia dos Namorados called simpatias to glimpse the future! For simpatias, the young woman writes the names of her potential suitors on pieces of paper and folds them up on the eve of 12th June and first thing in the morning opens one at random. The name she picks is her best choice for a husband! This, of course, only works on Dia dos Namorados!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Finland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike the more passionate South Americans, Finns take it slow on Valentine\u2019s Day. Known as Yst\u00e4v\u00e4n P\u00e4iv\u00e4 or \u2018Friends\u2019 Day\u2019, the 14th of February is a day to celebrate friendships of all kinds. If you happen to be in Finland on that day, don\u2019t be disappointed if that Valentine\u2019s Day card you were expecting from a certain someone merely says \u2018Happy Friends Day\u2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Japan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Japan, Valentine\u2019s Day is all about chocolates! Japanese women spoil their husbands, boyfriends and crushes with high-quality\u672c\u547d\u30c1\u30e7\u30b3(honmei-choco), meaning \u2018true feeling chocolates\u2019. Meanwhile, male colleagues, bosses and casual friends get the cheaper\u7fa9\u7406\u30c1\u30e7\u30b3(giri-choco) or \u2018obligation chocolate\u2019 as a token of respect. However, men are not left off the hook \u2013 on the 14th of March, known as \u2018White Day\u2019 in Japan, men who received honmei-choco from their significant others are obliged to return the favour by giving their loved ones expensive presents like jewellery or clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Philippines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Philippines, Valentine\u2019s Day is taken one step further than the rest of the world. It is not uncommon to see hundreds of couples congregating to get married en masse in public places! Here, public wedding celebrations are often sponsored by the government and casual visitors to the Philippines on a walk through town on the 14th of February might find themselves surrounded by a sea of brides and bridegrooms!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021 is (we hope!) going to be bigger and brighter, so what are you waiting for? <a href=\"http:\/\/utalk.com\/store\">Sign up with uTalk and start speaking the language of your next holiday destination<\/a>. Who knows, it might even help you find that special someone when you get there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine\u2019s Day is celebrated in many wonderful ways around the world. uTalk\u2019s Language guru, Brian, presents five countries and their colourful customs all done in the name of love! Argentina Argentineans are so passionate about love that in addition to Valentine\u2019s Day, they celebrate an entire week in July called La Semana de la Dulzura &#8230; <a title=\"Valentine\u2019s Day Around the World\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/valentines-day-around-the-world\/\" aria-label=\"More on Valentine\u2019s Day Around the World\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":9564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[46,184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7787"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9566,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7787\/revisions\/9566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}