Friday, March 20, 2015
Mothers Day" celebration is reconize and remember the value of all mothers...
The oldest celebration of Mother's Day is mythological. Began in ancient Greece, for the festivities in honor of Rhea, the mother of the gods Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto.
In the early seventeenth century England began to devote the fourth Sunday of Lent to all operatives mothers. On this day they were dispensed from their jobs so they could stay home with their children and their mothers. On this day called "Sunday Serve the Mother", was celebrated with the preparation of a cake (cake).
Virginia across the country Anna Javis: Mother's Day Mother
In the United States, the first suggestion to the creation of Mother's Day occurred in the nineteenth century when the writer Julia Ward Howe in Boston organized a meeting of mothers dedicated to peace. From there, fighting for honor mothers took Anna Jarvis, the early twentieth century, in a small town in the state of West Virginia. Accompanied by a group of girlfriends, Anna began a movement to institute a day when all children could honor their mothers. That struggle helped her out of a deep depression due to the death of her mother, and soon the celebration spread throughout the country doing with that President Wilson made official Mother's Day as a national holiday being celebrated all second Sunday of May. Over time, many other countries from around the world were joining in the celebration.
A sad disappointment The main idea of Anna Javis was to strengthen family ties and respect for parents. A dream realized. But over time, the celebration was losing the sense to her. The popularity of the party did with that date became a lucrative day traders, mainly for those selling white carnations, the flower that symbolizes motherhood. Anna Javis, who spent most of his life fighting for people would recognize the importance and value of the mothers went through a process to override Mother's Day, but was unsuccessful. "No raised on mother to take profit," she said angrily told a reporter in 1923 Anna died in 1948, at 84 years of age. She received commemorative cards worldwide for years, but did not get to feel what it was like to be Mother.
According to countries
Not all countries celebrate Mother's Day on the same day. In most European countries mothers the first Sunday of May is honored, and Latin American countries, the date also varies. In Mexico, for example, is May 10. The Mexicans decided that date by the instance of journalist Rafael Alducín the "Excelsior" newspaper on April 13, 1922. On May 10 of that year was celebrated for the first time the party. In Nicaragua, for another case, was chosen on 30 May, you know why ?. Because at that time it was the birthday of Casimira Sacasa, Wife of Anastasio Somoza, then president of this country in the late 40s Meanwhile, in Argentina is celebrated on the third Sunday of October. What matters is not the date without the recognize and remember the value of all mothers.
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