Mom’s Day is a vacation celebrated in lots of international locations all through the world in honour of mums.
Some international locations have fun on the identical day yearly, however elsewhere, the date modifications on an annual foundation.
Within the UK, at present is Mom’s Day whereas within the UAE, the event can be celebrated on March 21.
Different international locations celebrating on Sunday embody Eire and Nigeria.
A number of international locations together with the US and India will have fun the vacation later within the 12 months, all the time on the second Sunday in Could. This 12 months, that date will fall on Could 12.
When is Mom’s Day around the globe?
The explanation that Mom’s Day is widely known at completely different occasions of the 12 months dates again to the origins of the vacation in every nation.
The primary traces of Mom’s Day might be present in Greek mythology when goddess Rhea, the mom of Zeus, was honoured in spring. Within the Center East, most international locations have fun the vacation on March 21 – which is the spring equinox.
This consists of the UAE, in addition to Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen.
The custom of “Mothering Sunday” as we all know it at present might be traced to an early Christian pageant of the identical identify. Celebrated on the fourth Sunday throughout Lent, it was initially supposed as a date to encourage folks to return to their native or “mom” church for a particular annual service.
Over the centuries, the which means developed to include the celebration of household, particularly moms, and though the non secular side was largely misplaced, by the seventeenth century, it had change into customary to present moms items on today.
This custom of celebrating mums on the fourth Sunday throughout Lent has remained within the UK and Eire. And whereas the date modifications every year, Mom’s Day is often celebrated in March.
Within the US, the event is a contemporary vacation that started in 1914. Many international locations around the globe observe the US by celebrating the event on the second Sunday of Could. This consists of India, New Zealand, Australia and Sri Lanka.
Within the Philippines, Mom’s Day was historically celebrated on the primary Monday in December. However for the previous few a long time, Filipinos usually have fun the event on the second Sunday in Could, following the US customized.
There are a variety of nations that commemorate Mom’s Day with their very own distinctive days, together with Thailand, the place Mom’s Day is marked on August 12, the birthday of Queen Sirikit.
In Indonesia, Mom’s Day celebrations happen on December 22 and all ladies are celebrated, not simply mums.
French Mom’s Day is widely known in Could, however on the final Sunday of the month fairly than the second. This 12 months, France will have fun it on Could 26.
In Argentina, mums are celebrated on the third Sunday of October, which was the outdated date for the celebration of the Virgin Mary. That feast was moved to January by the Second Vatican Council, however Mom’s Day in October stays the conventional throughout the nation.
Russia solely started celebrating Mom’s Day within the Forties and marks the day on the final Sunday in November.
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