Today is holiday for two different nations:
India for celebrating Holi and Ireland because it is a...
Happy Saint Patrick's day!!!
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Merry leprechauns and guinness pints… That makes a St. Patricks day…
If you thought that was true then you're wrong, but not too far from the norms these days…
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| St. Patrick with his shamrock |
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| Dyeing the river green in Chicago |
The day in general is celebrated to uphold the Irish heritage and culture. it began as a feast day for the patron saint of Ireland during the time of St. Patrick. However, soon it became a custom for Irish folks everywhere to celebrate this day with parades, banquettes, cèilithe, dyeing the rivers green and dressing up in green and even clovers. In the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and a few other places this day is a national and public holiday. Now, it is celebrated all across Ireland, UK, Europe, America, Australia, Canada and even some south-east Asian countries among millions of Christians.
Here is a fun fact, a lot of people don't know that St. Patrick was not actually irish, he was in fact a british born to an aristocratic Christian family in UK.
The significance of celebrating this day is because he was the major influence behind the conversion of pagan Irish to Christianity. However, another fun fact is that he was not even a strong believer in christianity until he was 15, when he got kidnapped and was taken to Ireland to tend sheep as a slave for seven years. It was there that he encountered and experienced Christianity, and came to terms with it.
But why the three leafed clover? And why green? Well, the significance of the shamrock is because according to St. Patrick the three leaves of spring wild shamrocks symbolised the holy trinity of the father, the son and the holy spirit. It was St. Patrick's symbol that to this day is officially stuck with Ireland and Irish in general. He also like wearing green, so I guess that explains the green uniform during the parade. But Leprechauns??? Some things will remain an enigma to me O_O…Lol!!!
With Loads of Love,
Here is a fun fact, a lot of people don't know that St. Patrick was not actually irish, he was in fact a british born to an aristocratic Christian family in UK.
The significance of celebrating this day is because he was the major influence behind the conversion of pagan Irish to Christianity. However, another fun fact is that he was not even a strong believer in christianity until he was 15, when he got kidnapped and was taken to Ireland to tend sheep as a slave for seven years. It was there that he encountered and experienced Christianity, and came to terms with it.
But why the three leafed clover? And why green? Well, the significance of the shamrock is because according to St. Patrick the three leaves of spring wild shamrocks symbolised the holy trinity of the father, the son and the holy spirit. It was St. Patrick's symbol that to this day is officially stuck with Ireland and Irish in general. He also like wearing green, so I guess that explains the green uniform during the parade. But Leprechauns??? Some things will remain an enigma to me O_O…Lol!!!
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Well, but the past few years that I've been in UK, all I've seen is people wearing green wigs or hats and getting sh*t-faced in pubs :p apparently forgetting the real significance of this day all together… Personally, whatever the reason may be, Parades are always a winner for me, and you don't need an excuse to enjoy a pint of guinness really now do you (unless of course you don't like it)? I would love to watch the river run green for once in my life and join in with the merriment. Anyway, there is always next year!!! With that note, wish you once again a very
Happy Holi and St. Patrick's day!!!
With Loads of Love,
JB
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