Afghan girls buy gifts during Valentine’s
Day in the Shar-e-Naw area of Kabul on
February 14, 2019. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP
February 14 is a day set aside annually to
celebrate love as the season connotes.
Valentine’s Day is a time when people show
affection and friendship. It is celebrated in
many ways worldwide and falls on February
14 each year.
Many people around the world celebrate
Valentine’s Day by showing appreciation
for the people they love or adore.
Some people take their loved ones for a
romantic dinner at a restaurant while
others may choose this day to propose or
get married. Many people give greeting
cards, chocolates, jewellery or flowers,
particularly roses, to their partners or
admirers on Valentine’s Day.
Across the world, the day was celebrated
by many who took out time to show love to
their spouses, parents and loved ones.
In Paris, the French capital, most couples
still took out time despite the work
schedule to celebrate the season.
The situation wasn’t different from
Afghanistan, the Philippines, Iraq, Pakistan,
Britain, the United States and other
countries where Valentine’s day was
celebrated in love.
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Meanwhile, in India, more than 10,000
schoolchildren, some as young as six,
made Valentine’s Day pledge not to marry
without their parents’ consent.
The vast majority of Indian marriages are
arranged by families and couples who defy
tradition to marry outside caste and
religion face a severe and sometimes
deadly backlash.
Some 10,000 pupils aged six to 17 and
even some teachers took a vow at 25
schools to “love and respect their parents
till eternity†in the western state of Gujarat
— the stronghold of Hindu nationalist Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
“I will always respect their decision
because no one in the world has sacrificed
for me like them,†said student Samadrita
Banerjee.
People in swiftly-changing but still largely
conservative India also often frown upon
unmarried couples who can find
themselves being abused and harassed in
public places.
Elsewhere, a school association in the
southern state of Karnataka alerted
teachers and parents to ensure children did
not celebrate Valentine’s Day by bunking
classes to go to shopping malls or the
movies, The Times of India newspaper
reported.
SEE PHOTOS BELOW:
Afghan girls buy gifts during Valentine’s
Day in the Shar-e-Naw area of Kabul on
February 14, 2019. In conservative
Afghanistan, many Afghans are unaware of
or don’t mark Valentine’s Day, but younger
generations in urban areas are celebrating
the day despite restrictions. WAKIL
KOHSAR / AFP
Afghan civil society activists leaves after
celebrating Valentine’s Day at Wazir Akbar
Khan hilltop in Kabul on February 14, 2019.
A number of civil society activists gathered
on Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul city to
celebrate Valentine’s Day with music and
poetry. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP
Young Pakistani vendors stand next to
heart-shape balloon as they wait for
customers for Valentine’s Day on a
roadside in Islamabad on February 14,
2019. AAMIR QURESHI / AFP
Indian shoppers look at roses at flower
stall on Valentine’s Day in Amritsar on
February 14, 2019. NARINDER NANU / AFP
A couple pose on the Bir Hakeim bridge in
Paris on February 14, 2019 during
Valentine’s Day. Christophe
ARCHAMBAULT / AFP
A policeman takes a picture of a couple on
the Alexandre III bridge in Paris on
February 14, 2019 during Valentine’s Day.
Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP
Students from St. Scholastica’s College
gesture with a “number one†sign as they
take part in the “One Billion Rising†global
movement in Manila on February 14, 2019,
as part of the school’s Valentine’s Day
celebrations. More than 3,000 students
participated in the event as part of the
campaign, calling for an end of all forms of
discrimination and violence against women
and children. TED ALJIBE / AFP
A couple take selfies inside a skybox on
Valentine’s Day overlooking the city skyline
at Kuala Lumpur Tower in Kuala Lumpur on
February 14, 2019. Mohd RASFAN / AFP
Source:
www.channelstv.com/2019/02/15/
photos-how-the-world-celebrated-
valentines-day/
