THE hype
of Valentine celebrations in the Tamale metropolis is at its lowest point this
year.
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| Tamale Central Business District |
Many people seem to be unaware that
Tuesday, February 14, is St Valentine’s Day, and not much has been heard so far
in terms of events to mark the day.
“Nobody is talking about Valentine. It
is like people have lost interest in it. So if not because you mentioned it, it
would have come to pass without I knowing,” Esther Awudu, a Public Relations
personnel at the Tamale Teaching Hospital told the Daily Graphic.
Mr Issah Murtala, a presenter on Radio
Savannah in Tamale, said he had not come across any announcements on Valentine
events, adding that he was not surprised about this development.
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| St. Valentine (Wikipedia) |
“I think that over the years, there have
been criticisms that the youth use Valentine celebrations to engage in acts of
promiscuity, so this condemnation has dumped the Valentine spirit,” he said,
adding that he had even posted a message on his Facebook wall about Valentine,
but people were not commenting on it as expected.
Meanwhile, Mohammed Kudus, a dealer in
gift cards at the Central Business District, said only two girls had so far come
to buy Valentine cards from his shop.
“This year, we brought only a few Valentine
cards to sell because last year, sales were poor and we run into losses,” he
noted.
2 comments:
Is true that the Valentine's day celebration is dying or fading out but a lot can be done in terms event organization and event management, we can still celebrate it by avoiding the promiscuous part of it. On my programme Brunch beat on Tuesday Feb. 14 i will be reading some old school love letters we use to write for girls in JHS and SHS just to for the fun of it and more. But hey, you can just get a chocolate for a love one after all its CHOCOLATE VAL'S DAY. Archangel
Sure, Blessed 'Archangel'. I'll get some chocolates for my wife.
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