Happy Valentines day!

[RedFox]

I hope all of you will have a nice day today (or have had).
For this, my Spartans decided to fight in a very special formation and true that the unloving enemy did not overcome the power of the heart...


Cheers!

[Real]

Amazing! Too bad my Valentine was so bad...

[Kara Kolyo]

I'll counter your spartans with my thracians, who are celebrating St. Trifon

Saint Trifon Zarezan is thought to be the guardian of vines in Bulgaria and the holiday is in his honor. Not only vine-growers celebrate this day but also gardeners and tavern-keepers. Early in the morning the hostess makes ritual bread. She also prepares chicken which is filled with rice. The chicken is boiled whole. In new woolen bag are put the bread, chicken and wine. With these bags men go to the vine. There they rebaptize and cut three branches of the roots of a vine, then rebaptize again and cover themselves in wine. This ritual is called ‘zarqzvane’ (comes from ‘cut’). Then the men gather together and choose the ‘king of vine’. After all this the feast begins. The ‘king’ carries wreath of vine-stocks. Then they go back to the village, passing by every house. The hostess of the house gives the king to drink wine, and then the other men drink too. Next when these men are back in the village the king redresses in clear clothes and sits at the table waiting for his quests. That is why ‘the king’ should be a wealthy man.

good work though

[Cymera]

Ha! Happy Valentines day, hopefully no one gets to my age without some belief in love! Life can feel somewhat empty without it....