Many already know the exact day valentine (English: Valentine's Day). The day is celebrated as an embodiment of love someone. Embodiment of which is not only to a pair of young-mudi is in love. However, the day has a wider meaning again. Among affection between each other, the husband-wife couples, parents-children, sister-sister and others. So valentine's day is also called a normal day with love.
Embryo of Valentine's Day
In fact there are many versions that are associated with the origin of Valentine's Day. However, in general, most people know about the history of events that began when the old one the nation's Roman holiday every 15th of February called Lupercalia. Lupercalia celebration is a series of ceremonies in pensucian Ancient Roman period (13-18 February). The first two days, is presented for the love goddess (queen of feverish love) Februata Juno. On this day, the youths draw the names of girls in the box. Then take the name of each youth at random and outgoing girl whose name must be a partner for a year for the happy-happy and made the object of entertainment. On February 15, they ask for protection of the god of Lupercalia interference srigala. During this ceremony, the young people with skin prod animals and women fight for dilecut because of suspicion that will prod them to become more fertile.
Connection with the Valentines Day Valentine
The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. XV subtitles St. Write a Valentine 3 Valentine name who died on February 14, one of them be depicted as a death in the Roman period. However, there have been no explanation who "St. Valentine "is, also with a story that has never known edge-pangkalnya because each source narrate a different story.
According to the first version, Emperor Claudius II, ordered the arrest and imprison St. Valentine says the Lord Jesus is Al-Masih and refused to worship the gods Roman. Those who yearn prayer ago St.Valentine write and put in the trellis penjaranya.
Told that the second version of Emperor Claudius II, the young bachelor of more resilient and strong in the field of battle rather than the married. Emperor ago forbade the youth to marry, but St.Valentine violated and secretly wed so many young people he arrested and punished hanging on February 14 269 M (The World Book Encyclopedia, 1998).
Told that the other versions of the afternoon before the Saint Valentinus killed as martyrs (died as heroes because the fight for faith), he wrote a statement of love to the small to give jailer a written "from your Valentinus". (Source of the above discussion: http://id.wikipedia.org/ and others)
From the above explanation we can pull the conclusions:
1. Valentine's Day comes from the Ancient Roman religious ceremonies of Paganism
2. Ancient Roman ritual on the final day was changed into the church with the name of Saint Valentine's Day on the initiative Pope Gelasius I. So the Valentine Nashrani a religious ritual that was changed into attention date February 14, coinciding with the death St. Valentine.
3. Valentine's Day is also a day to honor nashrani figure is regarded as combatants and defenders love.
4. In the modern era in its development at this time, the valentine masked decorated with the name of "love day".
Indeed ironic that the condition of Muslims at this time. Some people may already know the true history of the above. As though their eyes and close-states can only be celebrated valentine's day embryo of the ritual is actually Paganism. Muslims rightly thought, should not they celebrate this day after clearly evident that the ritual is a ritual valentine even non-Muslims began the ritual of Paganism.
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