Thread: What is the best holiday in brazil?

holiday! holiday! holiday!

Canival Festival for sure.

Carnaval Festival with colorful parades and amazing performance are must to see!

They celebrate their own Valentines Day which is called Lovers' Day (June 12). Anyone who is familiar with Valentine's Day will know this festival. Exactly the same concept , just a different date.

Originally Posted by KittyGirl

They celebrate their own Valentines Day which is called Lovers' Day (June 12). Anyone who is familiar with Valentine's Day will know this festival. Exactly the same concept , just a different date.

Nice info... Do you know any story why do they celebrate Lover's day at June 12?

Lover's Day in Brazil is the eve of Saint Anthony's who is believed to bless people with good marriages. So young couples in Brazil celebrate Valentine's Day in the same way as other people do in other parts of the world except it is on June 12.

Originally Posted by thirsty_traveller

Lover's Day in Brazil is the eve of Saint Anthony's who is believed to bless people with good marriages. So young couples in Brazil celebrate Valentine's Day in the same way as other people do in other parts of the world except it is on June 12.

But Valentine's day is different from Lover's day right? Do they celebrate separate Valentine's day?

Originally Posted by Mckenzie21

But Valentine's day is different from Lover's day right? Do they celebrate separate Valentine's day?

Probably. Valentine's Day is celebrated around the globe every 14th of Feb whereas Brazilian Lover's Day is celebrated every 12th of June.

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Originally Posted by Mckenzie21

Nice info... Do you know any story why do they celebrate Lover's day at June 12?

In Brazil, the Dia dos Namorados (lit. "Day of the Enamored", or "Boyfriends'/Girlfriends' Day") is celebrated on June 12, when couples exchange gifts, chocolates, cards and flower bouquets. This day was chosen probably because it is the day before the Festa junina’s Saint Anthony's day, known there as the marriage saint, when traditionally many single women perform popular rituals, called simpatias, in order to find a good husband or boyfriend. The February 14's Valentine's Day is not celebrated at all, mainly for cultural and commercial reasons, since it usually falls too little before or after Carnival, a major floating holiday in Brazil — long regarded as a holiday of sex and debauchery by many in the country — that can fall anywhere from early February to early March.

Source: Wikipedia

Originally Posted by ola brazil

Probably. Valentine's Day is celebrated around the globe every 14th of Feb whereas Brazilian Lover's Day is celebrated every 12th of June.

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In Brazil, the Dia dos Namorados (lit. "Day of the Enamored", or "Boyfriends'/Girlfriends' Day") is celebrated on June 12, when couples exchange gifts, chocolates, cards and flower bouquets. This day was chosen probably because it is the day before the Festa junina’s Saint Anthony's day, known there as the marriage saint, when traditionally many single women perform popular rituals, called simpatias, in order to find a good husband or boyfriend. The February 14's Valentine's Day is not celebrated at all, mainly for cultural and commercial reasons, since it usually falls too little before or after Carnival, a major floating holiday in Brazil — long regarded as a holiday of sex and debauchery by many in the country — that can fall anywhere from early February to early March.

Source: Wikipedia

Wow this is really new to me. Thank you ola_brazil!