History of Valentines Day

Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kiss-face fealty. But the origins of this festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody--and a bit muddled.

Though no one has pinpointed the exact origin of the holiday, one good place to start is ancient Rome, where men hit on women by, well, hitting them.

From Feb. 13 to 15, the Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then whipped women with the hides of the animals they had just slain.

The Roman romantics ''were drunk. They were naked,'' says Noel Lenski, a historian at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Young women would actually line up for the men to hit them, Lenski says. They believed this would make them fertile.

The brutal fete included a matchmaking lottery, in which young men drew the names of women from a jar. The couple would then be, um, coupled up for the duration of the festival- or longer, if the match was right.

The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius ll executed two men- both named Valentine- on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentines Day.

Later, Pope Gelasius I muddled things in the 5th century St. Valentine's Day with Lupercalia to expel the pagan rituals. But the festival was more of a theatrical interpretation of what it had once been. Lenski adds,'' It was a little more of a drunken revel, but the Christians put clothes back on it. That didn't stop it from being a day of fertility and love.''

Comments

ctr

Student Success Statement ''Being a c-t-r person isn't always easy, but it's the best person you can be.'' Diana Beltran What this means is that being a ctr person isn't always easy but you should try to be one still. Being a ctr person will make you a better you. It will teach you how to better yourself. Also being a ctr will make people want to be with you because they know you're a good person. An example of someone being a ctr person is helping out the community by picking up trash around. Another example of being a ctr person is if someone ask you to help them out with a project to tutoring. That is being a ctr person because you're being kind and helping them out. Now at home you can be a ctr person by helping out and taking out the trash or helping wash the dishes. Being a ctr person may take time but it will be worth it because you'll become a better person. Some ways of being a ctr person is by showing empathy, obedience, pat...

Psychologist

Duties and Responsibilities: conduct scientific studies of behavior and brain function collect information through observations, interviews, surveys, and other methods research and identify behavioral or emotional patterns test for patterns that will help them better understand and predict behavior use their knowledge to increase understanding among individuals and groups Salary: $83,580 Education: Although psychologist typically need a doctoral degree or specialist degree in psychology, a master's degree is sufficient for some positions Demand or Need for Profession: Analytical skills-psychologists must be able to examine the information they collect and draw logical conclusions from them Communication skills-must have strong communication skills because they spend much of their time listening to and speaking with patients Observational skills-must be able to watch people and understand the possible meanings of people's facial expressions, body po...

photography

Duties and Responsibilities: Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus based on a combination of factors such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed. Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors. Determine desired images and picture composition; and select and adjust subjects, equipment, and lightning to achieve desired effects. Develop and print exposed film, using chemicals, touch-up tools, and developing and printing equipment, or send film to photofinishing laboratories for processing. Enhance, retouch, and resize photographs and negatives, using airbrushing and other techniques. Salary: $31,710 Education: High school diploma or equivalent Demand or Need for Profession: artistic and creative ability technical ability with a wide range of photographic equipment and technology a keen eye for detail good communication and people skills good time management skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines ...

Electronic Profolio

Search This Blog