Usuku luka-Valentine, futhi sonke siyazi ukuthi lokho kuhamba kanjani: Izimbali noshokoledi wesethembiso sakho, mhlawumbe idina lothando lamakhandlela. Mhlawumbe ngisho nenkondlo yothando uma uzizwa ufisa ukuvelela. Kepha balugubha kanjani usuku lukaValentine kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba?
Japan
Abesifazane eJapan imvamisa abagodliwe futhi baqaphele ikakhulukazi ngokuveza uthando lwabo obala. Kepha hhayi ngoSuku lwe-Valentine: Izindima zendabuko ziyahlehliswa futhi yizintokazi ezicosha ushokoledi, okuvame ukuzenzela zona! Amadoda aseJapan anethuba lokuphindisela ngeWhite Day, eza ngoMashi 14.
Denmark
Amakhadi ezinsuku zikaValentine ahlukile eDenmark, akhetha ukuhlekisa ngothando. Amadoda anika abesifazane i-gaekkebrev, izinkondlo ezingasile ezithunyelwa ngokungaziwa ngoSuku Lwezithandani, lapho okuwukuphela kwesiginesha uchungechunge oluyimfihlakalo lwamachashazi amele inani lezinhlamvu egameni lomthumeli. Kukumuntu owemukelayo ukuthola ukuthi ungubani umuntu amthandayo.
France
IFrance inedumela lomhlaba wonke njengezwe lezothando. Umlando usitshela ukuthi ikhadi lokuqala losuku lukaValentine's Day lavela eFrance ngo-1415, lapho uCharles, uMbusi wase-Orleans, ethumela izincwadi zothando kumkakhe owayeboshiwe. Isiko elingajwayelekile loSuku Lwezithandani eFrance lalingenalo loterie d'amour, noma "ukudweba uthando": Izakhamizi ezingashadile zabhangqa ngokumemeza zivela ezindlini ezibheke ngapahakathi kokuxokozela okukhulu. Eqinisweni, ekugcineni uhulumeni waseFrance wawuvala lo mkhuba ngenxa yokuphepha.
Wales
Usuku lukaValentine eWales lubizwa ngokuthi iSanta Dwynwen, lapho kugujwa khona usanta wezithandani waseWelsh. Emuva ngekhulu le-16, abesilisa babeklama imiklamo eyindida kuzipuni, ezibizwa ngokuthi “izipuni zothando”, ukuze banikeze owesifazane abathanda ukuthandana naye. Ngisho nemiklamo esesibanjini yayinencazelo ethile: AmaHorseshoes ayesetshenziselwa ukubonisa inhlanhla; okhiye behloselwe ukuveza okhiye benhliziyo yomnumzane.
Iningizimu Afrika
Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bayayithanda imikhosi futhi akuhlukile ngoSuku Lwezithandani, lapho imikhosi idonsa izinkulungwane zabavakashi. Abesifazane bendawo benza isiko lasendulo elibizwa ngeLupercalia, bephina igama lesithakazelo sabo sothando emikhonweni yabo yamahembe ukuze babonwe yibo bonke, kufaka phakathi nokuchotshelwa okuhlosiwe. Imvamisa lokhu kuyindlela amadoda aseNingizimu Afrika anquma ngayo abathandiweyo bawo.
Ube nosuku oluhle luka-Valentine, noma ngabe uzithola ukuphi emhlabeni!
Awunayo i-akhawunti? Bhalisa Manje!
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