Valentine Day

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Valentine Day

• ESL 5 Culture Study
• Presenter Saovanit Korkietnan
• Instructor Lyra Riabov

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Contents

• The meaning of love
• The original of Valentines Day
• Symbols of Valentines Day
• Valentines Day in America
• Valentines Day in Thailand
• References

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• The word "Valentine" got a meaning of
  sweetheart.
• However, it eventually come to mean a written
  message of love on a piece of paper

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The origin of Valentines Day

• Valentines Day started in the time of the Roman
  Empire during Emperor Claudius II of Rome.
• St. Valentine was a priest who martyred for
  refusing to give up Christianity
• He was in the jail and was tended by a jailer
  named Asterius.

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• He died on February 14, 269 A.D.
• In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14
  to honor St. Valentine
• February 14 became the date for exchanging love
  messages
• St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers

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Symbols

• Love Birds are the symbol of romantic story.
• Rose, as the queen of flowers, symbolizes peace
  and war, love and forgiveness.
• Cupid, the son of the Goddess of Love, Venus, is
  supposedly responsible for people falling in
  love.
• Heart stands for the most profound and noblest of
  human emotions.

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Valentines Day in America

• After 1723, American Valentines began to grow
  with the import from England of Valentine
  "writers."
• The first U.S. made Valentines were crafted by a
  Mount Holyoke College student, Miss Esther
  Howland.
• American school children usually celebrate St.
  Valentine's Day with a party at school and give
  Valentine box of chocolates to their friends.

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Valentines Day in Thailand

• Young men give flowers, chocolates to their
  sweethearts, and have dinner at the romantic
  restaurant.
• Many couples plan to get married at the city of
  Bangruk which means love city.

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On Valentines Day, there are many couples who
come to Thailand for the festival of marriage
under water.
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Top Five Romantic Places in Thailand
Changmai, the North of Thailand.
Semirun, the most beautiful island in Thailand.
Surin Island, mostly known for the corals grown
in the deep water.
PP Island is famous for fishing
Puchifa National Park, the best place to see the
sunrise and sunset.
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References

• http//www.stvalentines.net/stvalentinesdayhistory
  .html
• http//mydearvalentine.dgreetings.com/symbols/inde
  x.html
• http//valentines.spike-jamie.com/information.html
  
• http//www.holidays.net/amore/story.html