In Brazil, Day of the Enamoured (Dia dos Namorados) is celebrated not in winter, but today on June 12.
This day is dedicated to the memory of St. Anthony who fought against the heretical movement katarismo statutes of which prohibit marriage and childbearing. Holiday also got its fame thanks to the successful marketing promotion.
Local traders were disappointed that in summer sales fall down and decided to hold an event in honour of St. Anthony. So they called to express love not only with kisses, but also with gifts.
An interesting feature of the celebration of the Dia dos Namorados in Brazil is a tradition to literally fill restaurants, cafes and hotels with rose petals – it is believed that this is very romantic and helps create a special atmosphere for couples in love.
On the 15-th of April the Day of Love in Georgiais celebrated.This holiday, dedicated to lovers, as an alternative to the famous Western holiday called Valentine's Day,was organized by Georgian parliament that accepted proposal of Besik Chubinidze - a famouspersonality in local show business.
The experts of NASA published video record and several shots which show how the planet Earth looks during New Year holidays if one looks at it from the Universe.
The famous in the world artist Hailey King working under the trademark FLOX has created the design of Christmas baubles depicting flower with medical peculiarities manuka. With the help of sales FLOX intends to arrange December campaign on the collection of financial expenses for the support of hospices in New Zealand.
International Day of chocolate is non-official holiday dedicated to the favorite delicacy of many people on the planet. It is always celebrated on the 13-th September annually. This holiday is the wonderful reason to take a piece of chocolate, even if you try cutting down on sweets.
On the 14-th of August Independence Day is celebrated in Pakistan. Firstly this national holiday happened in 1947, it was established in honour of anniversary of independence announcement in Pakistan.
The citizen of Saint Petersburg Sergey Lukianov reached Rio de Janeiro for 496 days. In the course of travel he endured more than 18 thousand kilometers. The most part of travel was done by the tourist on foot.
The most important holiday in Peru is its Independence Day, it is celebrated on 28th July to commemorate the anniversary of Peru's independence from Spanish rule in the year 1821.
Every year on the fourth Sunday of July Peru celebrates the Day of Pisco Sour cocktail - a holiday of the country's most popular cocktail, prepared on the basis of grape vodka pisco enjoyed by the Peruvians since the 16th century.
On July 14 France celebrates the French National Day which commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the storming of the Bastille fortress.
On June 9 the International Friendship Day is observed. This is not an official holiday and it was introduced quite recently. However, it has a very noble goal to remind people how much their beloved ones mean for them, and to give a chance to spend an evening with them.
