Mother’s Day around the world? In Thailand it is in August, in Korea in November

It must be said that the decision to ‘dedicate’ a day to mothers is truly ancient, so much so that already in ancient Greece one day of the year was dedicated to the figure of the mother: the holiday coincided with the celebrations for goddess Rhea, the mother of all Gods. Traditionally, it fell on the Ides of March, which in the Roman calendar corresponded to March 15th. In ancient Rome, however, at the end of March the divinity Cybele, symbol of Nature and all mothers, was celebrated for an entire week. On March 1st, however, the Matronalia was celebrated, in fact a holiday dedicated to the matrons, i.e. wives and mothers.

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THE FIRST MOTHER’S DAY

In the Modena era, the first first real celebration dates back to 1908 in the USA, when Anna Marie Jarvis dedicated a commemorative ceremony in honor of her mother. Six years later, the United States Congress passed a law designatingthe second Sunday in Mayas the national date of ‘Mother’s Day’, in recognition of love and gratitude for mothers. Over time, this holiday has evolved into a commercial holiday, whose business volume is surpassed only by the Christmas holidays.

IN EUROPE

The holiday was introduced in 1917 in Switzerland, in 1918 in Finland, in 1919 in Norway and Sweden, in 1923 in Germany and in 1924 in Austria. Subsequently many other countries also introduced the anniversary.

IN ITALY

In Italy, Mother’s Day was initially celebrated on May 8th starting from the mid-1950s, coinciding with the Catholic commemoration of the Madonna del Rosario of Pompeii. A few years, it was chosen to change the day, celebrating Mother’s Day every second Sunday in May.

WHEN IS MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATED IN THE WORLD

The dates for Mother’s Day are very different from one part of the world to another. Norway has chosen February (second Sunday of the month), while in March many countries celebrate it. In some countries such as Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Afghanistan or Vietnam, Mother’s Day is actually made to coincide with Women’s Day on 8 March. Many other countries, especially in Africa and Asia, celebrate mothers onMarch 21, coinciding with the spring equinox. It happens in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Sudan and Yemen. Mothers are also celebrated in March in Great Britain, where Mother’s Day falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent.

Party on the first Sunday of May in Portugal, Spain and Hungary. But also in Angola, Cape Verde, Lithuania. The second Sunday of May, which is also the Italian anniversary, is the one that brings together the greatest number of countries in the world. The list is really long: it goes from Australia to Austria, from the United States to the Cayman Islands, from Brazil to Canada, passing through New Zealand, Malta, Venezuela, Uganda, Philippines, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Germany, China , Japan, Greece, Colombia, India, Iceland, Turkey. And also Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Peru and Congo. And the list is still long.

France and Sweden celebrate mothers at the end of May, on the last Sunday. And so do Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Mauritius, Madagascar and Haiti. In Mongolia Mother’s Day is 1 June, in Luxembourg on thesecond Sunday of Juneand in Kenya on26 June.

Mother’s Day falls on August 12 in Thailand, on August 15 in Costa Rica. It moves on to October for Belarus (October 14) and Malawi ( >15 October). End of October for Argentina (third Sunday of the month), November 16 in North Korea and end of November for Russia (last Sunday of the month). The state of Panama (December 8) and Indonesia choose December to celebrate mothers, which celebrates mothers three days before Christmas, onDecember 22.