| Mother’s Day is a day honouring mothers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. Mothers often receive gifts on this day. It complements Father’s Day, the celebration honouring fathers. |
History
A celebratory Mother’s Day cookie cake.Different countries celebrate Mother’s Day on various days of the year because the day has a number of different origins. One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece, which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of Greek gods. This festival was held around the Vernal Equinox around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March (15 March) to 18 March.
The ancient Romans also had another holiday, Matronalia, that was dedicated to Juno, though mothers were usually given gifts on this day. In some countries the Mother’s Day began not as a celebration for individual mothers but rather for Christians. |
In most countries, Mother’s Day is a new concept copied from western |
