How does Brazil mark Valentine's Day?
Dia dos Namorados
- Local date
- June 12, 2027
Brazil's day for couples is 12 June, not 14 February. The date sits the day before the feast of Saint Anthony on 13 June — in Brazil, the saint associated with matchmaking. So the Brazilian Valentine's follows the religious calendar rather than the northern-hemisphere February. It also falls inside the June festival month, so the whole of June is busy.
What is this topic?
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. This page compares who gives, who returns, what is given, and how large a measurable trace the day leaves in each place.
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