Day of Love and Friendship in Colombia 2022: why is it celebrated in September and not in February as in other countries? | Tdex Revtli | ANSWERS

Known as the Day of love and Friendship Or simply Valentine’s DayIt is held in Colombia on a different date than is customary in other countries. In addition, as in the rest of the world, it will be marked again this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus (COVID-19), as certain restrictions are still being complied with.

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This day is commemorated in Colombia on Saturday, September 17. The celebration dates back to 1969 in that country. It should be noted that the traditional thing in the world is that this celebration takes place on February 14.

Two reasons caused the Day of Love and Friendship is celebrated in September. The first was encouraged by the merchants of that year 1960, since they realized that changing the date would imply that Colombians have more money to spend, since at the beginning of the year they are economically busy with school expenses.

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The second reason was that in September, compared to other months, there were not many festivities to celebrate, so there was an interesting space to insert this old and traditional celebration.

Although its existence is disputed and there is no specific historical version of Valentine’s Day and his relationship with everything that is linked to love, tradition indicates that he was a priest who lived in ancient Rome, and that during the empire of Claudius II, also known as ‘The Gothic’, he was in charge of uniting in marriage to all the couples who asked for it.

According to the most popular stories about Valentine, he married young lovers behind the back of Claudius II, who during his empire decided to ban marriages in order to train more determined and courageous soldiers.

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Couples who did not want to spoil their love because of this prohibition used to go to Valentín so that he would unite them and give them his blessing.

Upon learning what Valentine was doing behind his back, Claudius II, enraged by such contempt, decided to take radical measures against him and decided to prosecute, imprison and finally execute him on February 14, 270 (in some accounts it is indicated that his death occurred in 273).

Centuries later, Gelasius I, the 49th pope in the history of the Catholic Church, established February 14 as the memorial of Valentine’s Daya tradition that continues to this day.