Today is the Day of Love and Friendship, also known as Valentine’s Day, a date that glorifies attachment, love and respect for a loved one.
On the occasion of this commemoration, we remind you of some information about love, that affinity or harmony between beings.
Take note!
– Paris is known as the capital of love. Some couples in this city promise each other eternal love.
– The first kiss between people is years 1500 years before Christ and is supposed to have taken place in the temples of Khajuraho and Konarak, in India.
– In Japan they celebrate this day, but they are women the ones that give chocolates to men. However, a month later, men should be the ones to respond to this detail with flowers on White Day.
– Croats are the sweetest because every February 14, lovers give each other huge heart-shaped cakes decorated in the most pompous way, and as if that were not enough, there is also a mirror on top.
– Although it is not allowed, young Iranians take advantage of it every February 14 so that, secretly and avoiding any display of love in public, they would enjoy a special day with their partners
– In New York, only seven couples are chosen for the wedding marriage every February 14 at the observation deck on the 80th floor of the Empire State Building.
– Chocolate, honey, oysters, cinnamon, strawberries, figs, asparagus, almonds and watermelon… foods are aphrodisiacs.
– There are countries that celebrate this day on another date, that is the case Bolivia and Uruguay which is celebrated on September 21, in Brazil on June 12 and in Egypt on November 4.
– A kiss speeds up the heartbeat from 60 to 100 beats per minute.
– Cupid is the Latin god of love. Son of Venus and Mars, gods of love and war. Its appearance in classical literature is an introduction to drama.
– In the Eskimo kiss, the lips do not touch, but rather the rubbing of the nose against the nose.
– The Greek goddess of love was Aphrodite. All those who belittled her were forcibly eliminated. Glaucus, for example, irritated her and she made her horses tear him to pieces.
– He filmed the first kiss in history filmed for cinema Thomas Alva Edison 1896. It was apparently played by two actors who had great success with the romantic comedy in the theater on Broadway.
Source: Panama America
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