White day
as the people who live in Indonesia, perhaps we didn’t know this kind of day, white day. it is a festival that was created by a concentrated marketing effort in Japan. White day is celebrated in Japan and Korea on March 14, one month after Valentine’s Day.
If on valentine day women give gifts to men, then on the white day the opposite thing happened, men who received chocolate on valentine’s day return the favor and give gifts to women.
There are many theories about the origins of White Day, but according to one, the holiday began in 1965, when a marshmallow maker started marketing to men that they should pay back the women who gave them chocolate and other gifts with marshmallows. Originally it was called Marshmallow Day, and later it was changed to White Day.
Soon, the chocolate companies started realizing that they could capitalize as well on this day, and began marketing white chocolate. Now, Japanese men give both white and non-white chocolate, as well as other edible and non-edible gifts, such as jewellery or objects of sentimental value, to the women who gave them chocolate on Valentine’s Day a month prior.
This holiday is starting to gain popularity in Hong Kong, where Japanese influence is strong. Valentines in Japan, particularly among students is somewhat different than the west. Valentines day is mainly for the girls to present chocolates (either store-bought or handmade) to the boy of their choice. There also exists the “Giri-Choco”, which translates to “Obligatory Chocolate” that a girl will give to those close to her but has no romantic interest in. When white day rolls around, it is the boy’s role to return the gift in what is called “Sanbai-gaeshi” or “Triple return” as the gift the boy gives is supposed to be three times the value of the initial gift from the girl.
so.. happy white day.
Tanggapan dari Boby
melayang pada 14 Maret 2007 pukul 828
Well I think white day is Bayclin, so that the men can use it to make his skin become more white & to show the women that their love is pure white like their skin.
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Tanggapan dari haruka
melayang pada 14 Maret 2007 pukul 1006
hahahaha!!!
Why do you know “Giri Choco”? ya..most girl gave a giri-choco to boy.
but..I have never gave a “sambai gaesi”..wow..is it true?
if it’s true I want to be gave that by boy some day..
Tanggapan dari erik
melayang pada 14 Maret 2007 pukul 1057
_haruka : i just read it from the internet. but still i don’t know what “Giri Choco” is and what “sambai gaesi” is.. i just wrote the little things i knew.