When it’s Mother’s Day or since when it has been celebrated, are questions that we will try to answer. It is not celebrated on the same day in all parts of the world.
Believe it or not, the Mother’s Day It is not a celebration of the present, which, as many suspect, is the invention of large supermarkets to encourage consumption. The Mother’s Daycomes from much further away but this year 2021 we will celebrate Mother’s Day on May 2 since it will be the first Sunday of May, the date on which it is celebrated in Spain.
When is Mother’s Day celebrated?
The holiday of Mother’s Day It is a celebration in honor of all the mothers of the world. The day dedicated to this recognition varies depending on the country. It is a celebration with roots very old that we are going to know right now.
We have news of the first celebrations of the Mother’s Day from ancient Greece. The Greek festivities revolved around the figure of Rhea, mother of the most important gods Greeks like Poseidon, Hades or Zeus.
Later this tradition passed to the Roman culture and was renamed Hilaria Celebration, this festivity was celebrated on March 15 where offerings and festivities lasted 3 days and its place of realization was in the temple of Cibeles, mother goddess of the earth.
With the arrival of Christianitythey transformed these pagan celebrations into a Christian celebration and transformed the Hilaria celebration for the festivity into honor to the Virgin Mary, mother of the son of God. At first this festivity was celebrated on the same day as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception that is, on December 8.
But not in all of Europe it was celebrated in the same way or on the same dates, an example is the 17th Century England, where a party was born that although it was related to the Virgin, but the festivity received the name of Mother’s Sunday. That day the English children after attending religious services returned home with gifts for their mothers.
In 17th century England, many mothers could not afford to stay with their children and the majority of the female population was forced to work in the homes of wealthy people. That day special care was taken with the women of the house and that Sunday was a release Sunday.
Towards late 19th century Julia War Howe a feminist activist, wrote the Mother’s Day Proclamation, a writing where peace and disarmament were the focal point. This Proclamation was read during the feast of Mother’s Sunday.
in 1873a massive meeting was held to commemorate Mother’s Day, this meeting was held in 18 different cities. The city of Boston went further and celebrated this holiday for 10 years. But little by little this festivity was falling into oblivion despite attempts to Julia War Howe and her efforts both for equality and women’s rights and to find a day of recognition.
But it was not until a few years later when 1907 Anna Jervis wanted to commemorate the death of his mother two years before, when he organized a Mother’s Day to commemorate what his mother had meant in his life.
It is from this date that movements and requests to set aside a day for mothers begin to increase. This petition soon spread throughout the United States.
In the year 1914 the president Woodrow Wilson officially declared Mother’s Day as a holiday in honor of all the mothers in the world and set its date of celebration, it would be the second Sunday of May for the USA. Little by little, this festivity was finding support in other countries until practically every country on the planet has a day dedicated to women who have become mothers.
In 1914, UK adopted that same date, but already as a holiday, as in the United States. Thanks to the adaptation of Germany in 1923began to expand throughout Europe, settling the Mother’s Day, as a holiday.
As you can see, the festival of Mother’s Daydespite the celebrations in United Kingdom in the 15th centurywas triggered as a party itself in the United States and in many countries, they take seriously the festivity, where the mother has to disconnect, do nothing and be praised, while in other countries, where it has not penetrated very deep, it is usually heard as a immigrant party.
When is Mother’s Day by country
Wherever he comes from, he Mother’s Day represents a society that wants to praise the mother for the efforts she makes. For this reason, making readjustments in the dates and adapting them according to the criteria of each country, it ends up being celebrated yes or yes.
In Spain, this year 2021, it is celebrated on May 2coinciding with the first Sunday of May. It has always been celebrated on the first Sunday, starting from the festivity of the English in the past. But every year, the date changes, although yes, it will always be celebrated on the first Sunday of May, at least in Spain.
There are several countries that have adapted this holiday to your calendars and they celebrate second Sunday of MayWhat Germany, Philippines or Ecuador. Other countries celebrate it in March, like Bulgaria and Russia, and even countries that celebrate it in February or August.
Be that as it may, the Mother’s Day It is a party, which aside from consumption, has been created in honor of the mothers of the world and of history, to honor them for their work, for their patience and their affection when it comes to taking care of us and educating us.