{"id":10172,"date":"2020-05-11T08:30:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=10172"},"modified":"2020-05-07T09:23:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T13:23:14","slug":"7-mothers-day-traditions-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/7-mothers-day-traditions-world","title":{"rendered":"7 Mother’s Day Traditions from Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though its often thought of as a “Hallmark holiday,” the tradition of honoring mothers with their very own day actually dates back decades before Hallmark, and spans the globe<\/span>. In honor of mothers everywhere, we decided to investigate what Mother\u2019s Day means around the globe. To every mom around the globe: Happy Mother\u2019s Day from Explorica!<\/span><\/p>\n

Mexico<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Like in the U.S., Mother\u2019s Day (D\u00eda de la Madre) in Mexico is often the busiest day of the year for restaurants. Who wouldn\u2019t want to celebrate Mom with a delicious, authentic meal? After being treated to a hearty breakfast, Mexican mothers are usually given flowers and serenaded by a mariachi band. Some families who opt to eat in even hire a band to serenade mom at home!<\/span><\/p>\n

United Kingdom<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

How do Brits celebrate Mother\u2019s Day? For hundreds of years, the fourth Sunday of Lent has been known as Mothering Sunday in honor of motherhood and the Virgin Mary. On this day, families head to church and then spend time with family at home. Today, Mothering Sunday has merged with Mother\u2019s Day to create a holiday with traditions new and old.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Japan<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Japan is known for celebrating mothers by gifting them flowers, especially red carnations. The symbolism of a light red carnation means admiration, and dark red notes deep love and affection. It\u2019s easy to see why the Japanese chose this symbolic flower! While the second Sunday of May was selected as the official Mother\u2019s Day date in Japan in 1949, previously there were two other days celebrating mothers: the first ordained on March 6th, 1931 on the birthday of Empress K\u014djun (mother of Emperor Akihito), and the second as a \u201cPraise Mothers\u201d day on May 8th in 1937.<\/span><\/p>\n

India<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

The American version of Mother\u2019s Day has been imported to India, but long before that began, Hindus in the country celebrated the ten-day-long Durga Puja festival in October to praise the Divine Mother. Throughout this fall festival, families eat, fast, pray, dance, and give gifts to commemorate the victory of good over evil.<\/span><\/p>\n

Poland<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

If you\u2019re in Poland, be sure to tell the mothers in your life \u201cDzie\u0144 Matki\u201d (Happy Mother\u2019s Day). But don\u2019t expect to celebrate on a Sunday! Poland is one of the only countries to celebrate on a fixed date, May 26. Many businesses close, and families traditionally celebrate at home. Children make \u201claurki,\u201d paper cards decorated with flowers and written wishes for their mothers<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Australia<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

While Mother\u2019s Day isn\u2019t an official holiday down under, it is widely celebrated throughout the country. The tradition started in 1924 after WWI to honor mother\u2019s who had lost sons in battle. A woman in Sydney named Janet Heyden was concerned for lonely, older mothers at Newington State Hospital, so she campaigned for local shops and schools to provide presents to these women. A beautiful tradition was born!<\/span><\/p>\n

France<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Did you know that mothers in France were celebrated as early as 1806? The French emperor declared that mothers of large families should be commemorated. That tradition was revived after WWII, and today mothers can even get medals from their local government known as \u201cM\u00e9daille de la Famille\u201d (Family Medal). Gold medals go to mothers with eight or more children, silver medals to mothers with six or seven, and bronze to those with four or five. But don\u2019t worry\u2014all mothers are showered with love as their children present them with gifts of perfume, jewelry, and other trinkets.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though its often thought of as a “Hallmark holiday,” the tradition of honoring mothers with their very own day actually dates back decades before Hallmark, and spans the globe. In honor of mothers everywhere, we decided to investigate what Mother\u2019s Day means around the globe. To every mom around the globe: Happy Mother\u2019s Day from Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,63,172],"tags":[409,875201],"class_list":["post-10172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parents","category-students","category-teachers","tag-cultural-traditions","tag-mothers-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10172"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10184,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10172\/revisions\/10184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}