Tradition, and the conservative nature that dominates Jordanian society, is a barrier for lovers and lovers of "love" to express their feelings for those who "openly" love, although some are eagerly waiting for the day.
Despite the momentum of gifts and red roses in the shops of the capital city of Oman, her loyal customers and lovers refused to comment on what Valentine's Day meant to them.
And the owners of shops said that gifts "Valentine's Day" is not as some think it is a monopoly on the young people and lovers, too, the elderly have a large share of them, in addition to that some of the buyers do not be to their loved ones, there are those who take it to his mother and his sister as an expression of his love for them.
The "Valentine's Day" presents were displayed in Jordanian markets with red roses, bears, chocolate, balloons and silver.
At another station inside the Madaba market (30 km south of the capital Amman), Yousuf stepped up to Valentine's Day gifts in his shop, the lovebirds, inside red cages.
Youssef hoped his customers would be able to supply the 2,000 roses that he offered for sale during the holiday, referring to the large number of customers who would visit him.
On the economic side, Youssef mentioned that the price of a single rose on ordinary days is JD (US $ 1.4), while Valentine's Day is between JD 3-3.5 (US $ 4.2 - US $ 7), and in some places it is much higher .
"The people of Madaba started celebrating Valentine's Day almost 20 years ago, and each year it develops," said Samih Odeh al-Tawal, 80, who has agreed to talk about Valentine's Day. To celebrate it more than its predecessor, which is for the big and the small and not for a certain category. "
"The manifestations of the celebration of Valentine's Day are the establishment of concerts in associations and bring a singer also presents the celebrants gifts to some of them, and other times be celebrated by the family alone."
"Young people are trying to express their feelings towards the opposite sex, and young people of both sexes are moving towards the blind imitation of what is common in other cultures and societies that are completely different from ours," said Mohammed Sawalha, a professor of social and educational psychology at Yarmouk University.
"I think these practices are really alien to our society and our customs and traditions that govern the behavioral patterns that are allowed in the case of such problems," he said ''Mohammed Sawalha''
Valentine's Day is the name of St. Valentin, who lived under the Roman Emperor Claudius II, a Western tradition that spread many years ago and became an occasion in the Arab states on the 14th of February of every year. .
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