St Patricks Day

St Patricks Day

The world is rich with cultures, rituals, and religions. Those things are mixed, and then created a new type of celebration. One of the famous celebration is the St Patricks Day. The biggest saint celebration is also celebrated by most people around the world. Originally, the St Patricks Day is cultural and religious holiday that is celebrated internationally on 17 March. The St Patricks Day celebration is to commemorate Saint Patrick that had died in AD 461. The Saint Patrick is also recognized as patron saint of Ireland.

The Saint Patrick Day was made an official feats day in the early 17^th century and become the nationwide celebration. On the St Patricks Day, it is characterized by the church services and people attend it in the morning or on the evening. People that attend the church service is wearing green attire, especially shamrocks. After the St Patricks Day, people are restricted to eat and drink alcohol. The restriction will be ended on the final celebration.

The St Patricks Day is public holiday in the Ireland. It is also celebrated in many other countries such as Great Britain, Canada, The United States, Argentina, Australia, and many others. Those countries celebrate the St Patricks Day in many different ways.  According to the history, Saint Patrick was born in Roman Britain into a wealthy family. When he was captivated by enemies and brought to Ireland as slave, he run away. On the runaway, he joined the church in Auxerre and studied to be a priest. Saint Patrick worked hard to be a priest until he was called back to Ireland as a Bishop. There, he gave services to Irish people for a long period of time. Saint Patrick taught Christianity through shamrock to explain about trinity.

After conducted services for thirty years, he died and buried at Downpatrick. Saint Patrick was successful in converting Irish to become Christian. He won the heart of the Irish people with his teachings and also way of life. His teaching is still used and practiced until today. Until today, the St Patricks Day is still practiced and people also use the three-leaved plant called shamrock. People also use green ribbon if they couldn’t find shamrock. The St Patricks Day is great and it is truly religious celebration. If you are Christian, you have to follow the St Patricks Day services at the church by wearing the green Shamrock on your dress.