Sweet fm Celebrates Valentine's Day In a Grand Manner.

Sweet fm Celebrates Valentine's Day In a Grand Manner.

A Twifo Praso based radio station, sweet fm in collaboration with Ahomka Beverages, producers of popular alcoholic beverage popularly known as 'Bie Gya bitters' has celebrated this year's Valentine's day in a magnified style at its forecourt.

Sweet FM 106.5 MHz is one of the most listening to radio station based at Twifo Praso in the Twifo-Atimokwaa district of the central region, using a 1000watt transmitter with an effective coverage area and uninterrupted around the clock broadcast.

Valentine’s Day occurs every February 14 across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine.

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The Legend of St. Valentine (Saint Valentine), who according to some sources is actually two distinct historical characters who were said to have healed a child while imprisoned and executed by decapitation. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition.

The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Still others insist that it was Saint Valentine of Terni, a bishop, who was the true namesake of the holiday. He, too, was beheaded by Claudius II outside Rome.

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According to one legend, an imprisoned Valentine actually sent the first “valentine” greeting himself after he fell in love with a young girl–possibly his jailor’s daughter–who visited him during his confinement.

Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine,” an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories all emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic and–most importantly–romantic figure. By the Middle Ages, perhaps thanks to this reputation,Valentine would become one of the most popular saints in England and France. Origins of Valentine’s Day:

A Pagan Festival in February while some believe that Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial–which probably occurred around A.D. 270–others claim that the Christian church may have decided to place St. Valentine’s feast day in the middle of February in an effort to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia. Celebrated at the ides of February, or February 15, Lupercalia was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.

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Following this special occasion, Odiasempa Kwaku Ahiaku had an exclusive interview with the programs manager of sweet fm Mr. George Nana-sei Bonsu and the general manager Mr. Moses Asiamah, the motive behind this fantastic celebration, it was revealed that, this is not the first of its kind, they said one of core mandate of media is to entertain, hence they normally organize programmes especially on remarkable occasions for it listeners and Lovers.

The attendance was very superb