Sunday, May 13, 2012

MOTHER’S DAY

 

Hi friend,,,,

WISHING ALL MOM"’s A VERY “ HAPPY MOTHER”S DAY”.

Want to give a little information about  Mother’s Day. How it startedmothers_day

This article is about several worldwide days celebrating Motherhood.

Mother Day is celebration that honors  mothers and motherhood, maternal  bonds and

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Julia Ward Howe was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day in 1870. Her Mother’s Day

proclamation was a pacifist reaction to American civil war and the Franco-Prussian war 

The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was celebrate in 1980 . when Anna Jarvis held a

memorial for her mother in America. She than began a campaign to make “ Mother’s Day”

a recognized holiday in the United States. Although she was successful in 1914, she was

already disappointed with its commercialization by the 1920’s. Jarvis holiday was

adopted by other countries and its now celebrated all over the world

 

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As the American holiday was adopted by other countries and culture, the date was

changed to fit already existing celebration honoring Motherhood.

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Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom or in  Greece, the orthodox celebration of the

presentation of  Jesus Christ to the temple (2 Feb ).

In some countries the dates was changed to one that was significant to the majority

religion. Other countries selected a date with Historical significances,

13 May- India.

15 May- Paraguay.

26 May- Costa Rica.

8 Dec- Panama.

22 Dec- Indonesia.

12 May- Italy.

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That’s it ,hope u all will enjoy the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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