Valentine's Day (All Lovers' Day)

All Lovers' DayValentine’s Day is celebrated in Bulgaria recently. But it quickly fell to everyone’s taste: both young people who were happy to find a reason to demonstrate their feelings for each other, and businessmen who saw in the holiday an extra opportunity to increase income from their sales. One way or another, for the second decade Valentine's Day marches victoriously through Bulgarian cities and even villages.

Almost everywhere on this day, balls and parties are organized, and in discotheques people are more crowded than ever. Preparation for the holiday is subject to the tradition established throughout the world - to send loved ones (and just friends) valentines with explanations in love, well wishes or just greetings.

In schools and other educational institutions, the tradition has taken its most rapid development - special boxes for collecting valentines are usually installed there, and on the day of the holiday, valentines are sent to the recipients. Of course, valentines can be sent by mail, both regular and electronic. Some people are not inclined to trust others and prefer to hand the valentine to the object of their feelings. Although flowers are insanely expensive at this time of year, by the end of the day there are no more flower stalls and shops.

In Bulgaria, however, Valentine's Day has taken on another - typically Bulgarian - feature. The fact is that once the holiday of winegrowers Trifon Zarezan was celebrated on February 14. And in some areas of Bulgaria, it is still celebrated on this day. There was a very interesting merger of two holidays. The Bacchic character of the Triphon Zarezan holiday in its own way began to complement the cheerful impulse of the holiday of love. “In vino veritas” can be easily translated into “Love will save the world!” Isn't it? ...