Most holidays we celebrate today usually have sort of an unknown history, a hushed secrecy often anti Christian and very pagan beginnings.
Valentines day among them.... see this article about a traditional Valentines offering...The Irish Independent notes that in another time and place, a human head was the most thoughtfulof amorous presents. Archivists have unearthed evidence that a less than savoury romantic gesture was pratised historically-bestowing a severed head on a loved one....
This left field approach to love-making, practised by 19th century Taiwanese aborigines was discovered in the 150 yr old letters of botanical explorers. Taking someones head after killing them was a ritualistic part of life in the culture until the 1930s. Suitors would present the severed heads to potential partners to woo them or to brides to celebrate their marriage according to the archival material in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. --Taken from disinfo.com
Happy Valentine's Day!!
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