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Dragobete. Dragobete is a traditional Romanian holiday celebrated on February 24. Dragobete was the son of Baba Dochia, which stands for the main person in the myth related to spring arrival and the end of the harsh winter. Due to his endless kindness he was chosen – according to some sources, by Virgin Mary – to be the Guardian of Love.
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, [1] is celebrated annually on February 14. [2] It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine , and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in ...
Lupercalia. Lupercalia, also known as Lupercal, was a pastoral festival of Ancient Rome observed annually on February 15 to purify the city, promoting health and fertility. [1] Lupercalia was also known as dies Februatus, after the purification instruments called februa, the basis for the month named Februarius.
Budget. $52 million [1] Box office. $216.5 million [2] Valentine's Day is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. The screenplay and the story were written by Katherine Fugate, Abby Kohn, and Marc Silverstein. The film features an ensemble cast led by Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane ...
Music. "Happy Valentine's Day" a song by OutKast from the 2003 album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. "Happy Valentine's Day" a song played by Billy Boy On Poison. "Happy Valentine's Day", a song by Psyopus from the 2007 album Our Puzzling Encounters Considered. Happy Valentine's Day, a 2006 album by Phil Keaggy.
Railway Day, Librarian Day, World Book Day, National Day of the Romanian Tax Consultant. 29 April. War Veterans' Day [10] First Sunday in May (May 5 in 2024) Mother's Day. Second Sunday in May (May 12 in 2024) Father's Day, Teenager's Day and National Dress Day.
A festival said to be of Juno Februata or Juno Februa, though it does not appear in Ovid 's Fasti, was described by Alban Butler, famous as the author of Butler's Lives of Saints, who presented an aspect of the Roman Lupercalia as a festival of a "Juno Februata", under the heading of February 14: To abolish the heathens lewd superstitious ...
Public sacrifice and banquet for the god Saturn; universal wearing of the pileus. Date. 17–23 December. Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through 19 December. By the 1st century B.C., the celebration had been extended ...