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Mother's Day: Día de las Madres Honors all the mothers throughout the country. It is not a state holiday. May 15 Teacher's Day: Día del Maestro Honors all the teachers throughout the country. It is often celebrated on the Monday before May 15. It is not a state holiday. May 23 Students' Day: Día del estudiante
In the Maldives, Mother's Day is celebrated on 13 May. The day is celebrated in different ways. Children give gifts and spend time with their mothers. Daughters give their mothers cards and handmade gifts and sons give their mothers gifts and flowers. Maldivians love to celebrate Mother's day, and they have it specially written on their calendar.
The U.K. celebrates Mother's Day on Sunday, March 19, while Mexico celebrates a few days earlier on Wednesday, March 10. Thailand, however, observes the holiday on August 12, which also happens to ...
Read a quick rundown on the history of Mother's Day, worldwide traditions, and this year's date.
The Mother's Monument, or Monument to the Mother (Spanish: Monumento a la Madre), is a monument commemorating Mexican mothers, installed in Mexico City, inaugurated on May 10, 1949. It was destroyed on September 19, 2017, after an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale that shook Mexico City, [ 1 ] and reopened on November 21, 2018.
In Thailand, Mother's Day is celebrated on August 12, which is the birthday of former Queen Sirikit. Other countries, such as Japan , Italy and Brazil also observe Mother's Day on the second ...
By the third call for a Mother's Day celebration by Anna Jarvis in 1909, "forty-five states, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Canada, and Mexico" participated with celebrations on the second Sunday in May. [10] The rapid adoption of Mother's day by other nations surprised Jarvis, who stated, "Where it will end must be left for the future to tell.
Why do we celebrate Mother's Day? Ah, another great question! The history of Mother's Day is quite sweet! But to meet the "mother" of Mother's Day, you're going to have to travel all the way back ...