How does India mark Valentine's Day?
Valentine Week
- Local date
- February 7, 2027–February 14, 2027
India stretches Valentine's into a full week, from 7 to 14 February, with each day given its own name — rose day, chocolate day and so on — and Valentine's Day itself at the end. This 'Valentine Week' was formed over recent decades by commerce and media rather than being a traditional festival; it is prominent in cities and among younger people, and not necessarily taken up elsewhere or across generations.Setting it against India's national holiday list makes the position clearer: that list runs to seventeen entries including Republic Day, Independence Day, Gandhi's birthday, Diwali, Id-ul-Fitr and Christmas, and Valentine's is not on it, nor is any day in February assigned to it. Valentine Week exists entirely outside the national calendar.
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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