Mother’s Day is celebrated in many countries of the world, but on different dates for each country. What is established as a consensus is that the day helps pay off Tribute to motherhoodNot a fundamental factor in building a family, but rather a symbolic process and historically associated with love, effort, understanding and tenderness.
Contrary to popular belief, there is a tradition of celebrating Mother’s Day It has no contemporary appearance. In fact, ancient civilizations already worshiped the image of the mother.
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Statue of Syphilis, Goddess of the Earth.
For example, in ancient Greece, Rhea She was considered not only the goddess of fertility and motherhood Mother of mankind For giving birth to Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera and Zeus. That is why, every year at the beginning of spring, the Greeks celebrated a festival to worship this goddess. Likewise, in Roma Similar rituals were performed out of respect CybeleGoddess of the earth and honored in Egypt IsisGreat Mother Goddess.
Later, Christianity concentrated this symbol in a single figure: the virgin mary, whose day, December 8, is officially known as Immaculate Conception Day. Therefore, in countries with a Christian tradition, this is the day when mothers are honored, and it was until the 20th century.
Mexico and the Mother of God monument
The date chosen by Mexicans to honor their mothers is the May 10, accepted from the beginning.
In April 1922, the founder Excellent newspaper, Rafael Alducin, published on the cover: “Mother’s Day will be celebrated this year almost in the entire Republic” and promised that other associations, newspapers and government institutions have already joined the initiative. In fact, Mother’s Day in Mexico has been celebrated on May 10 since that year.
And, in 1944, President Manuel Ávila Camacho laid the first stone of what was to become. Amma MemorialA sculpture represents a Women with him son Arms and it is located in Mexico City. This construction is accompanied by two plaques on which you can read: “To her who loved us before we met” and “Because her birth was voluntary.”
America and the Origins of the Modern Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day as we know it today has its origin 1865In the setting of a country fresh from civil war.
activist Ann Maria Reeves Mothers’ meetings started organizing calls Mother’s Day Gatherings, to share ideas and experiences together. It was there that one of the leaders of the feminist movement, Julia Ward HoweHe began to grow as an activist and writer.
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Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910).
In 1870Ward Howe called on the women of the world to unite in peaceful response to the tragedies of the war and in sympathy with the victims of the Franco-Prussian War. To promote peace in the worldThrough his poem titled Mother’s Day Proclamation.
As we women of one country have too much compassion for the women of another country, our sons will be trained to hurt their children.
— Julia Ward Howe
In 1907, the women’s movement asked the government to change the date to May 12, following the death of a member of the congregation’s mother. Second Sunday of the month– on a day dedicated to the mothers of the world.
Thus, Mother’s Day became official under a presidential decree in 1914 Woodrow WilsonAnd it joined the celebration that is still maintained in America and other countries Colombia Y Venezuela.
Tribute to Spain and Motherland
The tradition of celebrating Mother’s Day on the same date as the Immaculate Conception has been rooted in Spain for centuries.
However, in 1925, a post office official named Julio Menendez Garcia He raised an initiative that was immediately circulated in all national newspapers: the need for a special day dedicated to “celebrating the love of a mother.” Thus he wrote in his poem Anthem of Mother.
The initiative was designed under the scheme Mercy weekIt would take place in the first week of October 1926 and would set aside a special day for giving gifts to children Bouquets of flowers to their mothers. It was the first official Mother’s Day in Spain, though not the last.
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The following year, a newspaper article New World He proposed to adhere to the American date, which was already in the grip of other countries. Some cities, such as Zaragoza or Málaga, started unofficially celebrating Mother’s Day in May.
The final change came with the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, who paid tribute to him. Christian date: December 8. However, due to commercial interests associated with the celebration, in 1965 the First Sunday in May Like Mother’s Day in Spain.
