Mother’s Day is celebrated in Poland on May 26th. The word “mama,” which sounds similar in many languages of the world, is the day on the lips of everyone, not just children. We fold the wishes of children preparing greeting cards and special performances for their mothers. This tradition has more than a 100 years. For the first time in the history of Mother’s Day was celebrated in Krakow in 1914.
Mother’s Day – History
Day has its roots in ancient times. In Greece and Rome it was surrounded by the cult of the mother-goddesses. They were symbols of fertility and harvest. Folding the solemn sacrifice. Those habits disappeared after the adoption of Christianity, only to return in the seventeenth century in England as “Sunday in the mother”. The tradition was folding his mother gifts, mostly flowers and sweets in exchange for blessings received. This custom survived into the nineteenth century to temporarily disappear and come back after World War II.
In contrast, in the United States celebrate started in the mid-nineteenth century. American teacher Anna Reeves Jarvis in 1858 announced the Mothers’ Work Days. Since 1872 Mothers Day promoted the idea of Julia Ward Howe, author of travel books. Mother’s Day was established in 1905 on the initiative of Anna Jarvis. In 1914, the US Congress passed the day a national holiday, which falls on the second Sunday of May.
Mother’s Day – a different date
Mother’s Day is celebrated in more than 90 countries around the world, but at different times. For example, in Norway it is celebrated in February, in Ireland and the UK – the fourth Sunday in the Great. In Indonesia, this holiday falls on December 22. Frequently different countries celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May. Yes celebrate: Austria, Australia, Czech Republic, Malta, Hong Kong, India, Switzerland and Italy.
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