Dragobete is a romanian holiday celebrated on 24 February, or in other places on 28 February, 1 March, 3 March or 25 March.

The holiday Dragobete is considered as the equivalent of Valentine"s Day. The traditions of Dragobete are keept especially in South and South-East of Romania. The legend of Dragobete The legend says that Dragobete, the Dochia"s son, was the God of Love and the Good Mood. He was also named as Spring Head or Summer Head and considered as Cupidon, the God of Love in the Romanian Myth or as Eros, the Cupidon"s correspondent in the Greek mythology. Another name used for him is Navalnicul, known as a beautiful boy and a big lover, who was making young girls to fall in love with him. Like a Flyer metamophosed by Mother of God into a flower. At Dacians, was the God who was making at the beginning of Spring, the wedding of all animals. In the Greek mythology, bird in Greek means "the sky message", and during the time humans tooked this tradition. Birds are "engaged" on this day In the Romanians village, was celebrated on 24 and 28 February or 1 and 25 March, according to the researcher Ion Ghinoiu, the author of the Book "Days and Myths" {Zile si mituri}. On the Dragobete"s daz, girls and boys are meeting so their love to keep all year as the birds who are engaged in this day. In this day are holding parties from where were starting many marriage"s. If the weather was favorable, were meeting and going to forest to collect the first flowers of spring: the snowdrop and crocus. From the snow, girls made their water supplies with they were washing on certain holidays during the year. The tradition is saying that in this day, when the church is celebrating Finding the Cape of St. John, people were stopping their work, cleaning their houses, to meet the God of Love, who wasn"t coming alone, he was coming with fairys Love who were whispering words of love to the lovers. There are many habits in these areas: - everyone was taking care to have a partner or else he or she will be alone all year until the next day of Dragobete - in this day, the olders must take care of all their animals and birds too - no animals are killed

- in some villages, people remove from ground the heelbore root, which has many medicinal uses - in forest, around fires, young girls and boys were talking. The girls gathered violets and incense, to keep them at icons and then used in various spells

Dragobete, the holiday of love Therefore, according the tradition, in this day, we should be happy, to laugh, to meet with your loved one, to go out to pick flowets to welcome spring properly because the Dragobete is opening the spring season and love.

Altadata, incearca sa folosesti cuvinte mai simple ca regionalismele si arheologismele sunt greu de tradus in alta limba straina.