On 8th of May the Mothers Day is celebrated but why? how? and when it first started?

In this article you'll find:

• What is Mother's Day?

• And Why do we celebrate it?

• Origin and Days to celebrate it around the world?

• How do different communities observe the day?

Why to observe or celebrate the Mother's day:

According to Encyclopedia or Wikipedia available on internet, the definition for Mother's Day is “Mother's Day is a celebration honouring the mothers and motherhood as well as maternal bond, and the influence of mothers in society.”

In simple words, giving respect to the one woman who does and goes all in for her children.

• Mother's Day is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the month of March or May.

• It became so popular in the masses due to its commercialization by Businesses who saw it as an opportunity to sell their products and services. Though Some countries do have a multi century history of a day to celebrate mothers.

• Anna Jarvis was responsible to give Mother's Day in the United States on 8th of May, in the early 20th century.

• The Mother's Day is not celebrated on one particular day throughout the entire world, instead it is celebrated on country specific dates .

For example, the Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom is celebrated on 25th of March, and is often referred to as Mother's Day even though it is an unrelated celebration.

• The United States day of observing as the Mother's Day was later adapted by some other countries, which is 8th of May.

February 13:

Norway celebrates it on February 13.

8th of March:

Countries like Tajikistan, Burundi, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Belarus, observes the day on 8th March.

25th of March:

Countries like Nigeria, United Kingdom, island, Jersey celebrate Mother's Day 25th of March.

1st May:

Spain, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, marks it on 1st of May.

8th May:

Hong Kong, Australia, island, India, Austria, Italy, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Belgium, Macau, Malaysia, Brazil, United States of America, China, Zimbabwe, Vietnam, Zambia, Uganda, Turkey, Ukraine, Tanzania, Taiwan, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Singapore, Colombia, Finland, Greece, Germany etc

29th of May:

The day is celebrated in Algeria, Cameroon, Sweden, Tunisia Morocco, Madagascar on 29th May.

Malawi observes the day on 15th of October, Mongolia on 1st June, in Vietnam it is celebrated on 20th of October, Argentina on 16th October, and North Korea observes it on 16th of November. Russia celebratess the mother's day on last Sunday of November.

Panama on 8th December while Indonesia also celebrates the day in December, according to the Georgian calendar.

Mother's Day is observed much like as it has evolved in the United States, wishing, giving gifts, and dinners, etc. This way of observing the day is some what adopted by many other countries as well.

The US version of the holiday has been adopted by many countries and cultures, the holiday has different meanings, country wise, and it may be associated with different events like religions, stories or legends.

Developing countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, or countries which does not have much of Western lifestyle or lineage, they have adopted and try to celebrate or observe the day, in influence to the western culture or specifically in the way that the United States celebrates the day.

Like in Bangladesh Mother's Day was not that popular but due to much western influence via social media and Internet mainly, in recent times, the idea of celebrating the Mother's Day or days like it, has spread more widely, specially by millennials and generation Z community.

While many religious families do not celebrate it.

Pakistan, India, or Arab countries even China for that matter has seen rapid spread of the idea of a special day to accommodate or honour one's mother by much influence of its commercialization rooted from the United States.

In simple words and in its true essence, what Mother's Day is and why we celebrate it- it's because of the love and care for our mothers.