Mother's Day

Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March or May.

While some countries have a multi-century history of a day to celebrate mothers, the modern American version of the holiday began in the United States in the early 20th century at the initiative of Anna Jarvis, who organized the first Mother's Day service of worship and celebration at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, which serves as the International Mother's Day Shrine today. It is not directly related to the many traditional celebrations of mothers and motherhood that have existed throughout the world over thousands of years, such as the Greek cult to Cybele, the mother deity Rhea, the Roman festival of Hilaria, or the other Christian ecclesiastical Mothering Sunday celebration.

Năm 1912, Anna Jarvis đăng ký nhãn hiệu cho cụm từ «Chủ nhật thứ hai của tháng Năm, Ngày của Mẹ, Anna Jarvis, Người sáng lập» và tạo ra Hiệp hội Quốc tế Ngày của Mẹ. Cô cũng đặc biệt lưu ý rằng danh từ «Mẹ» nên «là một sở hữu số ít, để mỗi gia đình tôn vinh mẹ của mình, chứ không phải là một sở hữu số nhiều để tưởng nhớ tất cả các bà mẹ trên thế giới.» Đây cũng là cách viết được sử dụng bởi Tổng thống Hoa Kỳ Woodrow Wilson trong tuyên bố tổng thống năm 1914 của ông, bởi Quốc hội Hoa Kỳ trong các dự luật liên quan, và bởi các tổng thống Hoa Kỳ khác trong các tuyên bố của họ liên quan đến Ngày của Mẹ.

History

The modern holiday was first celebrated in 1907, when Anna Jarvis held the first Mother's Day service of worship at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Andrew's Methodist Church now holds the International Mother's Day Shrine. In 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrase "Second Sunday in May, Mother's Day, Anna Jarvis, Founder", and created the Mother's Day International Association. She specifically noted that Mother's" should "be a singular possessive, for each family to honor its own mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world." This is also the spelling used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in his 1914 presidential proclamation, by the U.S. Congress in relevant bills, and by various U.S. presidents in their proclamations concerning Mother's Day.

Dates around the world

While the United States holiday was adopted by some other countries, existing celebrations, held on different dates, honoring motherhood have become described as "Mother's Day", such as Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom or, in Greece, the Eastern Orthodox celebration of the presentation of Jesus Christ to the temple (2 February of Julian Calendar). Both the secular and religious Mother Day are present in Greece. Mothering Sunday is often referred to as "Mother's Day" even though it is an unrelated celebration. In some countries, the date adopted is one significant to the majority religion, such as Virgin Mary Day in Catholic countries. Other countries selected a date with historical significance. For example, Bolivia's Mother's Day is a fixed date, commemorating a battle in which women participated to defend their children.

Some countries, such as Russia, celebrated International Women's Day instead of Mother's Day or simply celebrate both holidays, which is the custom in Ukraine. Kyrgyzstan has recently introduced Mother's Day, but "year on year International Women's Day is certainly increasing in status".

Việt Nam

Vietnamese culture as they also have a festival called Vu Lan, or Vietnamese Mother’s Day, which happens in August and combines celebrating their parents as well as those who have died. It’s also not to be confused with Vietnamese Women’s Day, which happens in October 20 (according to Stivi Cooke, Tuoi Tre News)

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