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Originally conceived by Julia Ward Howe after the American Civil War as a day honoring (in her opinion) the inherent pacifism of mothers, Mother’s Day now simply celebrates motherhood and thanking mothers. Mothers often receive gifts on this day.

Mother’s Days are celebrated on various days of the year in different countries because they have a number of different origins. One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship — which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus — was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor.

In most countries, Mother’s Day is a new concept copied from western civilization. In many African countries, Mother’s Day has its origins in copying the British concept. In most of East Asia, Mother’s Day is a heavily marketed and commercialised concept copied straight from Mother’s Day in the USA.

Date

second Sunday in February Norway

Shevat 30 (usually in February) Israel

March 3 Georgia

March 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania

fourth Sunday in Lent (Mothering Sunday) (March 26 2006) Ireland, United Kingdom

March 21 (first day of spring) Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

first Sunday in May Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, South Africa, Spain

May 8 South Korea, Albania (Parents’ Day)

May 10 much of South America, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

second Sunday in May Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Slovakia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United States

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May 26 Poland

May 27 Bolivia

last Sunday in May France, Sweden,Dominican Republic, Haiti

August 12 Thailand (the birthday of Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara)

August 15 (Assumption Day) Antwerp (Belgium), Costa Rica

second or third Sunday in October Argentina (Día de la Madre)

last Sunday in November Russia

December 8 Panama

December 22 Indonesia

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