history of mothers day
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History Of Mothers Day |
The history of Mother's Day is more than 100 years old and the earliest Mother's Day celebration can be found among the ancient Greece. This day came into being from a tradition of Mother’s worship in Greece, who held a festival to Cybele, a great mothers of Greek gods.
In the history, the Mother’s Day began as a religious celebration like the early Christian during the 1600’s in Europe celebrated a day to tribute Mary, the Mother of Christ as the Mother Church. Over the time this festival converted into Mothering Sunday which was celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent (the 40 days period leading to Easter). In that time on Mothering Sunday, the servants who generally lived with their employers were allowed to go back home and honour their mothers. Treat them with special Cake called Mothering Cake.
In the U.S in 1908 Ana Jarvis, from Grafton began a rally for the creation of an National Mother’s Day in remembrance of her mother. Her request was honoured, on 10th May 1908, the first Mother's Day was celebrated at Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton. Two carnation flowers were given to every mother attendance in Church. So white carnation flowers pay tribute to deceased mums while pink or red carnation flowers are for alive mums. Finally in 1914, the U.S Government officially declared the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. Since that day carnation flowers became very popular on Mother's Day in U.S.
Many other countries of world celebrate Mother’s Day at different dates of year because this day has number of different origin. But there are some countries like Finland, Canada, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Turkey, China, Australia, Denmark, Japan, Belgium, South Africa, Bangladesh, India, Germany and Pakistan also celebrate Mother’s Day on the second of May. In Ireland, United Kingdom and Nigeria celebrate Mothering Sunday on fourth Sunday of Lent.
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Mother's Day 2008 |
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Pakistan |
Second Sunday in the month of May |
May 11, 2008 |
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United States |
Second Sunday in the month of May |
May 11, 2008 |
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Canada |
Second Sunday in the month of May |
May 11, 2008 |
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Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe |
Second Sunday in the month of May |
May 11, 2008 |
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Belgium |
Second Sunday in the month of May |
May 11, 2008 |
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Norway |
Second Sunday in the month of February |
Feb 9, 2008 |
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Georgia |
Monday |
March 3rd, 2008 |
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United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria |
Fourth Sunday in Lent (Mothering Sunday - March 2 in 2008) |
March 02, 2008 |
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Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (All Arab countries in general) |
Friday |
March 21, 2008 |
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Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain |
First Sunday in May |
May 03, 2008 |
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Greece |
Second Sunday in the month of May |
May 11, 2008 |
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Afghanistan, Albania*, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Laos, Macedonia*, Montenegro, Moldova*, Montenegro, Romania*, Russia*, Serbia, Ukraine. *In Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Guyana, Italy, Macedonia, Mongolia, and Russia it is observed as International Women's Day, not specifically Mothers' day. |
Saturday |
March 08, 2008 |
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Algeria, Dominican Republic, France (except if it coincides with Pentecost day, in which case Mother's Day will be shifted to the first Sunday of June), Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia. |
Last Sunday in May |
May 26, 2008 |
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