Valentine's Day

Mexico celebrates Valentine’s Day, El Dia del Amor y la Amistad on February 14. It’s true that celebrating this date has no connection with our history, but then again; love is a cause for celebration for all human beings and civilizations. And just as the Greeks and the Romans had deities that represented this feeling in all its various shades; so the Mexica, the ancient civilization that inhabited Mexican soil, had a divinity that personified Love. Ochipilli was like the Apollo of the Mexica. Also known as Macuilxochitl, he was the god of Love, games, beauty, dance, flowers, corn and songs. Because Macuilxochitl of Valentine’s Day is a widely celebrated in the Hispanic culture.