#Dragobete

[hauntedchild]

Dragobete is Lacramioara's favorite holiday, so I wanted to draw a little something to celebrate ! however, "a little thing" turned out to be not so little....so here it is, incredibly late!

i had a lot of fun learning about the holiday and romanian embroidery. i tried to pick designs that are relevant to him & the region he's from, but forgive me if its not 100% 🙏🙏🙏

and since it took me so long im posting this on a whole nother holiday, here's a little marţişor doodle

#lacramioara strigoi #godhead death sentence #oc art #ocs on tumblr #angel oc #dragobete #marţişor

[pierdutaintimpsispatiu]

Dragobete

A romanian valentine's day.

The son of Baba Dochia (another folkloric being in our mythology), Dragobete is the patron of love and bringer of spring. His coming is awaited with flowers. His calling is to kiss the girls on this day, 24th of February, because the girl who isn't kissed shall remain single the whole year.

Dragobete, or Dragomir by his first name, is a young god, beautiful, a lover by nature, strong and charming, bringing joy in people's lives. Because no one knew who his father was, they assumed it was the Spirit of the Mountain.

When our loverboy was born, four ursitoare (fairies godmother) came to offer him the most generous of gifts. The first one, Spring, blessed him with love. Summer, the second one, gave him the sweetness of ripe fruits. The third one, Autumn, gave him a flute, to bring joy to those who hear him play, while Winter, the fourth fairy, offered him a white coat, adorned with diamonds and a red belt, sewn with pearls. The coat was designed to grow with the boy, never getting dirty, no matter how much he wore it. Because of these gifts, Dragobete managed to make every girl he wished, fall for him.

As he grew, he took the path of mountains, hearing the call of his parents, to learn all about plants and animals. Which is why, in the folk belief, Dragobete is also the protector of birds and herbs.

Another belief have him turned by his mother into a medicinal plant called Năvalnic. The plant is used in love spells and treating wounds.

to celebrate Dragobete, the girls go in forests and plains in search of the first flowers of spring and hang them on icons to be young and beautiful and keep away all jealousy and bad thoughts sent their way. dried flowers are thrown in a running water on Sânziene day, so all the evils will go away with them. if they found ripe berries, they'd take the flowers and make bouquetes that were put in their water, as they washed their hair while saying „Flori de fragă Din luna lui Faur La toată lumea să fiu dragă Urâciunile să le desparți”. (Berry flowers of the month of February, make it so that everyone likes me, cast away all ugly thoughts and wills from me)

the boys would pick ghiocei (snowdrops) and bring them home, because an old saying goes "as many flowers in your house, as many chickens in your farm"

those who are single on Dragobete, or don't manage to kiss, or the very least touch, a person of romantic interest, are doomed to another year without finding their soulmate.

those who have a partner and spent even a second with them on this day, will be together the whole year.

if you dream of your crush the night of Dragobete, speak to them and their heart shall open for you.

anyone who sees a pupăză (hoopoe) on this day, will be lucky all year long and if you see a pair of birds, you'll always be loved (birds are known to chose a mate this time of year).

early in the morning, young women would also search for remaining snow, melt it and wash their hair and face with it, to have clean skin and healthy hair.

another belief says that if you go on a date on Dragobete and don't kiss, you and that person will break up

as a boy you have to drink a special tea, made with sour cherry brenches to have a chance at love the year that's to come.

if men are mean or fight with women on this day, their spring will be filled with bad luck and they'll have an awful year

everyone should be happy on 24th of February, to honor Dragobete and convince him to bring them a lover

in some places, girls would put busuioc (basil) under their pillows to dream the face of their soulmate

in other parts, girls would run, chased by boys. if a girl was caught and she liked the boy, they'd kiss as everyone watched, which symbolized their wedding in the fall.

and some other places sent their girls – who haven't eaten or washed that morning – to pick popelnic (a type of wood) and wash their hair with it, leaving behind as an offering to the god, bread with salt and eggs. in the meantime, the guys dance in horă (a type of dance where people hold each other in a circle and, well, dance) and pick ghiocei (snowdrop)

Dragobete is, as you might have noticed, quite a pretentious god. on top of it all, he doesn't like you killing or sacrificing animals on his day. nor does he want you to sow, wash anything, iron clothes or work the field. the only work he allows is a deep cleaning of the house

Happy Dragobete, love is in the air!

#romania #romanisme #romanian folklore #romanian culture #romanian mythology #dragobete #romanian legends #folk tales #mythology #cultures around the world #myths #folklore

[murderousink23]

02/24/2024 is Lantern Festival, Central Excise Day 🇮🇳, Flag Day 🇲🇽, Dragobete 🇷🇴, Swedish Finns Day 🇸🇪, National Artist Day 🎨🇹🇭, National Tortilla Chip Day 🇺🇸

#lantern festival #central excise day #flag day #dragobete #swedish finns day #national artist day #national tortilla chip day

[gretasworld]

For those who wonder if Alucard and Maria were canon or not, you will not find the answer on wiki fandom. The fandom contains lots of wrong information on plenty of things and some stuff totally missing.

💢 To see their relationship, fans have to hear radio drama Nocturne of Recollection. It's a sequal to Sotn. It was initially only released in Japan.

At a point of the story, Alucard’s butler Lyudmill asks him if he wants to learn to make white flower garlands to give to girls which Lyudmill himself used to do in his village to woo girls. Alucard was very young then ( it was before Dracula's death ) and didnot understand Lyudmill's wingmanship. When Lyudmill asked Alucard the meaning behind the white flowers and why they were Lisa's favourite, Alucard couldnot answer. Lisa didnot tell him the meaning of those flowers. Then Lyudmill gave him explanation. He said, These flowers were Lisa's favourite because of their meaning and it was also why Dracula used to give her the white flowers.

In Romanian tradition when people have a festival Drago Bete in February, men make white flower garlands ( like how Lyudmill mentioned) and put the garlands on the heads of their women as a show of love.

Check out " Drago Bete " on Google to find out. ✅

At the end of the story, Alucard and Maria are infront of same white flowers; Alucard picks up some flowers and gives to Maria. He also wants to give Maria a white flower garland to express his unspoken love but because he cannot make one, he remembers the time when Lyudmill told him to learn making garlands and he said 'no' which was a mistake and that he should have learned it. The servant was his big wingman teaching him how to impress girls which this dumbass realized much later.

Due to being close to Lisa in the past, Lyudmill was protective of young Alucard and equally respectful as a servant.

In radio drama, we also see Richter is very supportive of Maria's relationship with the dhamphir from sotn to Radio drama, sees Maria as a loving little sister and scolds Alucard for misbehaving with Maria.

In the end, Alucard also is seen to care for Maria and gradually open up with his feelings. He asks her " why is she staying with him and she says something along the lines " because Alucard needs me ". Etc. Alucard accepts himself as human and her annoying nature. 🤣

💢Comic page and Radio drama provided below plus final chapter of Radio drama with English subtitle. Radio nocturne is Canon by Konami in 2008 and it confirms Mariacard as official ✅

Therefore #mariacard

#castlevania #alucard #therealcastlevania #nocturneofrecollection #radio drama #konami #maria renard #mariacard #maria×alucard #Youtube #spring festival #dragobete #romania #fuckidentitypolitics #stopchangingoriginalcharacters #stopchangingsourcematerial #stop changing things #antinetflixvania #anti netflix #therealalucard #heterosexual

[videostory]

DRAGOBETELE SĂRUTĂ FETELE

#youtube #dragobete #dragoste #iubire #pasiune #valentine

[johnny-em]

Ioan Muntean - Dragobete, buze moi, când mai vii pe la noi?

Sursă: Ioan Muntean – Dragobete, buze moi, când mai vii pe la noi? – Cronopediada grup – Cronopedia Maraton Panorama Literară 2024, februarie 29. (poezie, cyberpoem) ciclul „fost-ai lele” Dragobete, buze moi, când mai vii pe la noi? #cyberpoem folcloric   Pe străzi pietruite de vise, Unde luna picură argint, Un dor ne cheamă, ne aprinde, Dragobete, cu aripi de argint. Buze moi, ca petale de…

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#autori #blog #ciclul fost-ai lele #cronopediada #cyberpoem #cyberpoem folcloric #cyberpoeme #dragobete #maraton #poezie

[jurnaldebucovina]

Preotul Alexandru Lungu: "Astăzi am văzut cea mai frumoasă cerere în căsătorie"

Astăzi am văzut cea mai frumoasă cerere în căsătorie. Într-o zi caldă de final de februarie, spre orele după amiezii, drumurile m-au adus în curtea unei mănăstiri frumoase din Bucovina cea mult râvnită. Mănăstirea în mod special are un duh aparte pe care nu il găsești nicăieri altundeva. Nu întâmplător, întrucât unde altundeva nu încetează rugăciunea decât între zidurile mănăstirilor? În ce loc…

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#alexandru lungu #cerere in casatorie #Dragobete #text frumos

[romanasuloriginal]

Tradiții și Superstiții Românești: O Căl... #Romania https://romanasul.ro/traditii-si-superstitii-romanesti-o-calatorie-in-lumea-traditiilor/?feed_id=138&_unique_id=6551a3b80de24

#Cultura #Traditii #Colindat_de_Crăciun #cultură_românească #Dragobete #moștenire_culturală #Nunta_românească #Obiceiuri_tradiționale #Ritualuri_românești #Sânziene #Superstiții_populare #tradiții_românești

[missescu]

Half asleep after four nights in a row, I made it to Italy on my birthday special day #30 #dragobete #rome (at Rome, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpENAs-K9vu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#30 #dragobete #rome

[opisicaneagra13]

Dragobete vs. Valentine's Day - De fapt, de ce trebuie să fie „versus”?

Revenind la „opinii inopinate”, m-am gândit să actualizez ce am scris în alți ani despre Valentine's Day și Dragobete (eventual).

Hai că nu am mai scris de multă vreme un articol d-ăsta în care îmi „dau cu părerea”* pe interneți. Înainte postam statusuri când mă fulgera câte-un gând prin vreo emisferă (cerebrală… sau nu :D). Dar, nu știu, nici asta nu prea îmi mai place să fac. S-a umplut feisbucul de părerologi, de seismologi, de rupți-în-dos care te învață în 30 de secunde cum să câștigi bani pe Amazon, de comentaci cu…

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#comentez #dragobete #inopinez #luna iubirii #online versus offline #pareri #sfantul valentin #valentine s day #valentine&039;s day

[semnebune]

Semne bune anul are

O propunere venită la momentul potrivit e ca o sămânță pusă într-un sol roditor. Atenția și grija grădinarului ajută răsadul să devină o plantă bogată, plină de roade. Și ce altceva sunt cuvintele și semnele așternute în fața ochilor cititorilor, dacă nu semințe care încolțesc în gânduri și fapte bune? Mi-am imaginat mereu timpul ca pe o roată. De mică îmi închipuiam calendarul, cu lunile lui, ca…

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#aspirații #cultura #Dragobete #Imbolc #naștere #renaștere #semne

[murderousink23]

02/24/2023 is Central Excise Day 🇮🇳, Quiet Day 🤫🌏, Flag Day 🇲🇽, Dragobete 🇷🇴, Sweden Finns Day 🇸🇪, National Artist Day 👨‍🎨👩‍🎨🎨🇹🇭, National Tortilla Chip Day 🇺🇲, National Skip the Straw Day 🥤🇺🇲

#central excise day #quiet day #flag day in mexico #dragobete #sweden finns day #national tortilla day #national skip the straw day

[coltii-romanesti]

A single snowdrop bloom spins between his fingers, all alone at a park bench. Another year gone, another spring blooming. He heaved a sigh, holding on to the bloom.

"If only you had some water... or a pretty face to smile at your petals..." Vlad spoke quietly to the white flower in his hands. He had found it by the sidewalk, and on such a day, he couldn't bare to leave it alone.

#;; parchment and wax ( open starter ) #;; come my spring with flowers in your hair ( dragobete )

[sistervirtue]

happy dragobete romanian mutuals

#its still an hr out but im going to bed #amyway i made dragobete mioaras fave holiday #and 4 some reason remembered the date but not what or why #so for the last THREE WEEKS have been haunted by 2/24 as some important date #but sctually its just a holiday. i remembered this Today #three weeks.

[bujorulgalben]

să-l ia dracu pe ăla care se culcă pe o inimă de sârb. n-o să doarmă nici o secundă.

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yet another declaration of love for anica maria mihăescu and slavoljub s. vukašinović (@sivisoko)

#i had wanted to get this done for dragobete but :) oopsie doopsies it's here now!! #they're just 🥺🥺 just so 🥺🥺🥺 ur honor i need a minute #god GOD i'm so pleased with how the colours turned out!! #very fresh yet warm and yes this is excellent #the pressed lilies of the valley too 🥺🥺 #sivisoko #acesta nu este un aer pentru respirare // este un aer care se cântă ✧ slavoljub #my moodboards #hehehe >:) #ty nichita stanescu for this poem and my life #hope u don't mind me inserting a romantic subtext in this stanza.....

[johnny-em]

Ioan Muntean - Dragobete, Dragobete, vino de mă pupă

Sursă: Ioan Muntean – Dragobete, Dragobete, vino de mă pupă – Cronopediada grup – Cronopedia Maraton Panorama Literară 2024, februarie 28. (poezie, cyberpoem) ciclul „fost-ai lele” Dragobete, Dragobete, vino de mă pupă #cyberpoem folcloric Dragobete, Dragobete, Vino de mă pupă, Să-mi alungi din suflet Toată negura. Floricele de cireș Să ningă peste noi, Să ne umple inima De doruri și nevoi. Să…

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#autori #blog #ciclul fost-ai lele #cronopediada #cyberpoem folcloric #cyberpoeme #dragobete #maraton #poezie