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Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day · World Questions

There is more than one day for showing affection, and they do not fall together: Japan has women giving chocolate on 14 February and a return gift on 14 March, Taiwan keeps both 14 February and the lunar Qixi, Brazil places it on 12 June, India stretches it into a week, and the United States keeps it to a single day.

Thinking about your own experience, which pattern below comes closest to how you've marked a day for showing affection?

Among these four places, in which one does the day with the loudest commercial voice (14 February) carry no official status, while a different day is the one the state has listed as intangible cultural heritage?

If you receive a gift on a day like Valentine's, how do you usually reciprocate?

Among the seven places on this page, in which one do official documents circulate around Valentine's Day telling schools to discourage students from celebrating it?

Where you live or grew up, how does Valentine's Day usually work?

Among these seven places, in which one do local education offices issue circulars around Valentine's Day each year asking schools to discourage students from celebrating it?

Which of these places marks its day for couples on 12 June, not 14 February?

On 14 February, what's most common for you or the people around you?

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For the 🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia community

At your school or workplace, is Valentine's Day encouraged, ignored, or discouraged?

Guess: in which community does the official paperwork mention Valentine's Day in order to tell students not to mark it?