a b "Hindu and Muslim anger at Valentine's". BBC. February 11, 2003. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help) Lebanese people celebrate Valentine's Day in a different way in every city. In Beirut, men take women out to dine and may buy them a gift. Many women are asked to marry on that day. In Sidon, Valentine's Day is celebrated with the whole family – it is more about family love than a couple's love. [ citation needed] Malaysia Malaysia Arrests 100 Muslim Couples for Celebrating Lovers' Day". The Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on February 19, 2011 . Retrieved August 6, 2011.

Islamic body urges youths not to celebrate V-Day in country's interest". Hindustan Times. February 12, 2017. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021 . Retrieved February 14, 2021.In Israel, the Jewish tradition of Tu B'Av has been revived and transformed into the Jewish equivalent of Valentine's Day. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Av (usually in late August). In ancient times girls would wear white dresses and dance in the vineyards, where the boys would be waiting for them ( Mishna Taanith end of Chapter 4). Today, Tu B'Av is celebrated as a second holiday of love by secular people (along with Valentine's Day), and it shares many of the customs associated with Saint Valentine's Day in western societies. In modern Israeli culture Tu B'Av is a popular day to proclaim love, propose marriage, and give gifts like cards or flowers. [138] Japan The "Feast" ( Latin: "in natali", lit.: on the birthday) of Saint Valentine originated in Christendom and has been marked by the Western Church of Christendom in honour of one of the Christian martyrs named Valentine, as recorded in the 8th century Gelasian Sacramentary. [22] [11] In Ancient Rome, Lupercalia was observed February 13–15 on behalf of Pan& Juno, pagan gods of love, marriage & fertility. It was a rite connected to purification and health, and had only slight connection to fertility (as a part of health) and none to love. The celebration of Saint Valentine is not known to have had any romantic connotations until Chaucer's poetry about "Valentine's Day" in the 14th century, some seven hundred years after celebration of Lupercalia is believed to have ceased. [31] In France, a traditionally Catholic country, Valentine's Day is known simply as " Saint Valentin", and is celebrated in much the same way as other western countries. [173] The relics of Saint Valentin de Terni, the patron of the St Valentine's Day, are in the Catholic church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Jean-l’Evangéliste located in the southern France town of Roquemaure, Gard. The celebrations of "Fête des Amoureux" takes place every two years on the Sunday closest to February 14. The village gets dressed in its 19th-century costume and put on the program with over 800 people. In Denmark and Norway, February 14 is known as Valentinsdag, and is celebrated in much the same manner as in the United Kingdom. [183] In Sweden it is called Alla hjärtans dag ("All Hearts' Day") but is not widely celebrated. A 2016 survey revealed that less than 50% of men and women were planning to buy presents for their partners. [184] The holiday has only been observed since the 1960s. [183] Spain a b Gordenker, Alice (March 21, 2006). "White Day". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014 . Retrieved June 30, 2007.

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