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About love in different languages
International and Russian students met at the USUE Museum on St. Valentine’s Day. They read poems about love and shared with each other the national traditions of celebrating St. Valentine’s Day.
On February 14, many countries around the world celebrate Valentine’s Day, which is also the holiday of all lovers. According to European tradition, on this day, boys and girls exchange valentines to say about their feelings. USUE International and Russian students decided to share their favorite poems. Students who came to USUE from different regions of Russia, as well as from India, Cameroon, and Tajikistan, gathered at the USUE museum.
The participants noted that Valentine’s Day is celebrated almost all over the planet. However, each country has already developed its own traditions. Pokam Nde Pierre Canis told that in Cameroon, where he comes from, on this day, girls and boys give flowers to each other, go to restaurants and cinema. He read the poem “Love Stories” in French, noting that this poem could be a delightful gift for a girl.
USUE college student Gulziya Bakhtieva said that this holiday had emerged in Tajikistan quite recently and had not yet become as popular as in Russia. On Valentine’s Day in Tajikistan, many shops sell valentines, but they are not in great demand, which upsets local sellers.
Makhto Shaligram Hrithikcame to Yekaterinburg from India. He read the poem “About Love” in his native and Russian languages and also spoke about the traditions that have remained unchanged in India for many centuries.
“If in Russia they first fall in love and then get married, in India it’s the other way around. Indians do not see their brides before the wedding. However, after they started a family, a man and a woman make a whole. It’s customary for us: a woman is Goddess, and a man is God,” a student of the USUE preparatory faculty Makhto Shaligram Hrithik says.
Ndonza Mbonge Valerie Leonelread a self-penned poem. Last year, he came to study at USUE from Cameroon and, while in Russia, wrote the poem “What is love?”. Leonel noted he loves poetry and respects Russian poets and writers. The works of A. S. Pushkin are of special interest to him. As a gift to all the girls present at the meeting, Leonel read the poet’s poem “I loved you…” in Russian. The moving performance of the young man touched the listeners’ feelings and the audience burst into applause.
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