Valentine’s Day puala hman tur a ni
Kum tinin February 14-ah miten an “valentine” bik nen card, candy emaw pangpar emaw an inthleng thin. St. Valentine’s Day hi Kristian martar hming chawia sak a ni a, kum zabi 5-na aṭanga ṭan a ni a, mahse Roman holiday Lupercalia aṭanga lo chhuak a ni.
Valentine’s Day hi February 14 apiangin hman thin a ni a, United States pumpuiah leh khawvel hmun dangah pawh hmangaih tak takte inkarah candy, pangpar leh thilpek an inthleng thin a, heng zawng zawng hi St. Valentine hmingin an inthleng thin. Mahse, he mi thianghlim thuruk hi tu nge ni a, heng hnam dante hi khawi atanga lo chhuak nge? Valentine’s Day awmzia leh a chanchin te, hmân lai Roman ritual Lupercalia aṭanga thlasik lawmna aṭanga Victorian England-a card pek dân thlengin zawng rawh.

Mithianghlim Valentine-a chanchin
Valentine’s Day hi khawi atanga lo chhuak nge? He chawlhni chanchin—leh a humhimtu mi thianghlim chanchin—chu thurukin a khuh a ni. February thla hi hun rei tak chhung chu hmangaihna thla anga hman a ni tawh tih kan hria a, tûn laia kan hriat angin St. Valentine’s Day-ah hian Kristian leh hmân lai Rom hnam nunphung aṭanga lo chhuak a awm tih kan hria a ni. Mahse, Saint Valentine-a chu tu nge ni a, engtin nge he hmân lai thiltih nêna inzawm a nih?
Catholic Kohhran chuan mi thianghlim hrang hrang pathum tal Valentine emaw Valentinus emaw tih hming puin a pawm a, an vai hian martar an ni. Thufing pakhat chuan Valentine-a chu puithiam a ni a, kum zabi thumna lai khan Rome-ah rawng a bawl niin a sawi. Emperor Claudius II-a’n nupui nei lo leh chhungkaw neite aiin sipai nupui nei lote chuan sipai tha zawk an siam tih a rel chuan, tlangvalte tan inneihna chu dan kalh a ni. Valentine chuan thupek chu a dik lo tih a hriat chuan Claudius-a chu a dodal a, a rukin hmangaihtu naupangte tan inneihna a ti chhunzawm zel a ni. Valentine-a thiltih chu an hriat chhuah chuan Claudius-a chuan tihhlum turin thu a pe a. Mi dangte erawh chuan he hun hmanna hming dik tak chu Terni khuaa mithianghlim Valentine, bishop a nih thu an sawi nghet tlat thung. Ani pawh hi Rome khawpui pawnah Claudius II-a’n a lu a tansak a ni.

Thu dangte chuan Valentine-a chu Kristiante chu Rom tan in khauh tak aṭanga tlanchhuahna tura puih a tum avangin thah a ni thei tih a sawi a, chutah chuan vuak leh tihduhdah an tawk fo ṭhin. Thufing pakhat sawi dan chuan, lung ina tang Valentine pakhat chuan a tan laia a tlawhtu hmeichhe naupang pakhat—a jailor fanu pawh ni thei—a hmangaih hnuah “valentine” chibai bukna hmasa ber chu a thawn tak zet a ni. A thih hma hian “From your Valentine” tih ziakna lehkha a ziak niin an sawi a, chu chu tun thlengin hman a la ni reng a ni. Valentine thawnthu hnung lama thudik chu a thim hle nachungin, thawnthu zawng zawng hian a hipna chu mi khawngaihthlak, mi huaisen leh—a pawimawh ber chu—hmangaihna nei tak anga ngaih a ni. Middle Ages-ah chuan he hmingthanna avang hian Valentine hi England leh France rama mi thianghlim lar ber pawl a ni tawh mai thei.

Valentine’s Day lo chhuahna: February thlaa Pagan Festival neih a ni
Mi thenkhat chuan Valentine’s Day hi February thla laihawl velah Valentine-a thih emaw phumna emaw hriatrengna atan hman thin niin an ngai laiin—chu chu A.D. 270 vel a thleng a ni mai thei—mi thenkhat chuan Kristian kohhran chuan St February thla khan Lupercalia pathian dang betute lawmna chu “Kristiana siam” tumna a ni. February thla ides emaw, February 15 emaw-a hman thin Lupercalia hi Rom-ho loneih pathian Faunus-a bakah Rom dintu Romulus leh Remus-a te tan pawha nau neihna kût a ni.

He kût ṭan nân hian Rom puithiam pawl pakhat Luperci member-te chu lungpui thianghlim takah an inkhâwm a, chutah chuan naute Romulus leh Remus-a, Rome dintu te chu savawm hmeichhia emaw, lupa emaw-in a enkawl nia rin a ni. Puithiamte chuan kêl, nau neih nân leh ui, tihthianghlim nân an inthawi ang. Chumi hnuah chuan kêl vun chu hrual hrual-ah an phelh a, inthawina thisenah chuan an thun a, kawngpuiah an chhuak a, hmeichhia leh thlai chinna hmunte chu kêl vun hmangin zawi zawiin an vuak ṭhin. Hlauhawm tak ni lovin, Rom hmeichhiate chuan savun khawih chu an lawm hle a, a chhan chu kum lo awm turah chuan a hring thei zawk tura ngaih a nih vang a ni. Nakinah chuan thawnthu sawi dan chuan khawpui chhunga hmeichhe naupang zawng zawng chuan an hming chu urn lian takah an dah vek thin. Khawpui chhunga bachelor-te chuan hming an thlang vek ang a, kum khat chhung atan an hmeichhe thlan nen an inkawp ang. Heng match te hi inneihnaah a tawp fo thin.

Valentine’s Day awmzia: Romance leh Hmangaihna Ni
Lupercalia hi Kristianna lo chhuahna hmasa ber atang khan a damchhuak a, mahse kum zabi 5-na tawp lamah khan dan kalh a ni—“Kristian ni lo” anga ngaih a nih avangin, Pope Gelasius-a chuan February 14 chu St. Valentine’s Day a puang ta a ni. Mahse, a hnu rei vak lovah chuan chu ni chu hmangaihna nen a inzawm tlat ta a ni. Middle Ages lai khan France leh England ramah chuan February 14 hi sava inpawlna hun tan a ni tih an ring tlangpui a, hei hian Valentine’s Day laihawl hi inngaizawng ni tur a ni tih ngaihdan a tizual hle. English hla phuah thiam Geoffrey Chaucer chuan kum 1375-a a hla phuah “Parliament of Foules”-ah St. Valentine’s Day chu hmangaihna lawmna ni atan a ziak hmasa ber a, heti hian a ziak a, ““For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day / Whan every foul cometh ther to choose a kawppui.”

Valentine chibai bukna hi Middle Ages atang tawh khan a lar hle a, mahse Valentine’s tih ziak hi kum 1400 hnu lamah chauh a lo lang tan lo a, tun thlenga valentine hriat lar ber chu kum 1415-a Charles, Duke of Orleans-a’n a nupui hnena a ziah hla a ni Agincourt indonaa an man hnuah Tower of London-ah tantir a ni. (Tunah chuan he chibai bukna hi England, London-a British Library-a kutziak bu khawlkhawm zingah a tel tawh a ni.) Kum engemaw zat a liam hnuah, Lal Henry V-a chuan lehkhabu ziaktu pakhat John Lydgate-a chu Valois khuaa Catherine-i hnena valentine note phuah turin a ruai niin an ngai.

Cupid hi Tu Nge Ni?
Valentine’s Day card-ah chuan Cupid hi cherub saruak, rinhlelh nei lo hmangaihtute chunga hmangaihna thal kah ang maia tarlan a ni fo. Mahse Rom Pathian Cupid-a hi Greek thawnthuah a bul a ni a, Greek-ho hmangaihna pathian, Eros-a a ni. A pianna chanchin hi a inang lo va; ṭhenkhat chuan Nyx leh Erebus-a fapa a ni an ti a; mi dangte chu Aphrodite leh Ares-a te; mi dangte chuan Iris leh Zephyrus-a fapa emaw, Aphrodite leh Zeus-a (a pa leh a pi leh pu te pawh ni se) fapa a nih thu an sawi bawk.Greek Archaic hla phuahtute sawi dan chuan Eros hi Pathian leh mihringte rilru put hmang hmanga inkhelh thin, thi thei lo hmeltha tak a ni a, hmangaihna chawk tho nan rangkachak thal a hmang a, huatna tuh nan leaden thal a hmang bawk. Hellenistic hunlai atang khan Valentine’s Day card-a a lo nih tawh naupang misual, chubby ang maia a lan tan chauh a ni.

Valentine’s Day-a chibai bukna leh thilpek pangngai
United States bakah hian Valentine’s Day hi Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France leh Australia-ah te hman a ni. Great Britain-ah chuan kum zabi 17-na vel atang khan Valentine’s Day hi mipuiin an hmang tan a. Kum 18-na laihawl velah chuan khawtlang nunphung zawng zawnga ṭhian leh hmangaihtute chuan hmangaihna chhinchhiahna te te emaw, kutziak note emaw an inthleng ṭhin a, kum 1900-ah chuan printing technology lama hmasawnna a awm avangin lehkhabu ziak aiah printed card-te chu a awm ṭan ta a ni. Ready-made card chu miten an rilru put hmang sawi chhuahna awlsam tak a ni a, chu chu mi rilru put hmang dik taka sawi chhuah a nih loh lai khan a ni. Postage man tlawm zawk pawh hian Valentine’s Day chibai bukna thawn lar a tipung bawk.

American ho hian kum 1700 chho tir lam atang khan kutchhuak valentine an inthleng tan a ni mai thei. Kum 1840 chho vel khan Esther A. Howland chuan America rama mass-produced valentines hmasa ber chu a hralh tan a. “Mother of the Valentine” tia hriat Howland hian lace tak tak, ribbon leh thlalak rawng hrang hrang “scrap” tia hriat hmangin thil siam mawi tak tak a siam a ni. Tunah chuan Hallmark-in a tarlan danin kum tin Valentine’s Day card maktaduai 145 vel thawn chhuah a nih nia chhut a ni a, hei vang hian Valentine’s Day hi kum khat chhunga card thawn chhuah tam ber pahnihna a ni ta a ni (Krismas-ah card tam zawk thawn a ni).