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Word of the Week Celebrating Mother’s Day Around The World tradition — the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, etc., from generation to generation
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Kids’ Craft
String Covered Vase This pretty rainbow colored string-covered vase used to be a hot sauce bottle! What a fun way to give a new, beautiful purpose to an old container. What you'll need: • Glass bottle • Rainbow colored string • White craft glue • Strip of green felt, measured to go around top of bottle • Toothpick • Scissors How to make it: Be sure glass bottle is clean and dry. Apply white craft glue all around the bottom part of the bottle, 1 inch high. Start wrapping string around the bottom of the bottle. Continue wrapping, keeping the string close together, gently pushing down with a toothpick if needed. Add more glue and continue wrapping string until you reach the top of the bottle. Cut a piece of felt wide enough to cover the lip of the bottle and long enough to wrap around it once. Glue in place. Allow everything to dry completely.
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The story of Mother’s Day is a long one. It is neither a recent phenomenon as many people believe it to be. Nor is it the creation of the card and gift marketers syndicate as assumed by cynics of Mother’s Day festivities. To the surprise of lot many people, Mother’s Day celebrations are first said to have taken place in the time of ancient Greeks and Romans hundreds of years ago. Even Mothers Day celebrations in UK began much before the tradition saw the light of the day in the U.S. In the U.S. the efforts of Ms. Julia Ward Howe and Ms. Anna Jarvis are greatly recognized for starting the tradition of Mother’s Day, but several other women also made remarkable contributions to further the cause of the Mother’s Day holiday. Today, Mother’s Day is celebrated in more than 46 countries around the world though at different times in the month of May and in some countries it is celebrated in entirely different times of the year. In the present time Mothers Day has come to be internationally recognized as the day to honor all mothers and thank them for the services they impart for the benefit of their individual child and consequently to the development of mankind. Celebrations in the time of Greeks and Romans The tradition of Mother’s Day started with the ancient Greeks who celebrated their annual spring festival in honor of Rhea, the mother of many gods and goddesses in Greek mythology. Ancient Romans too celebrated a spring festival by the name of Hilaria in honor of Cybele, a mother goddess, some 250 years before Christ was born.
Celebrations in UK In the UK, Mother’s Day celebrations started by the name of Mothering Sunday, several years before the tradition found its roots the in UK. Mothering Sunday came to be celebrated following the practice in the UK of 17th century wherein children of poor families were sent to work as apprentice and domestic servants with the rich. These children were allowed to visit their “Mother Church” or the Cathedral of their hometown annually in the middle of the fasting month of Lent. Children met their mothers after visiting the church and presented them with flowers and special “Mothering Cakes.” The custom received a set back with the advent of the Industrial Revolution when the lifestyles changes. American soldiers contributed in the revival of the tradition after World War II. Genesis of the Festival in U.S. The story of Mother’s Day in the U.S. began with the efforts of a dynamic writer and poetess, Julia Ward Howe in 1872. An activist to the core, Julia utilized her potentials to further the cause of Mother’s Day. She wrote a powerful Mother’s Day Proclamation in Boston in 1870 and demanded declaration of the official holiday and celebrations on
Mother’s Day. Her idea gained popularity, but she could not get the idea implemented. Julia also is credited for penning words for the Civil War song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Struggle of Anna Jarvis A loving daughter from West Virginia, Anna Jarvis is recognized as a “Founder of Mother’s Day” and “Mother of Mother,s Day.” Anna kept the word of her activist mother, Mrs. Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis who once expressed a wish that someone should strive to provide mothers their due recognition. After her mother’s death in 1905, Anna's determination became strong and she, along with several supporters, started lobbying for the official holiday on Mother’s Day by writing letters to the people in power. To celebrate Mother’s Day, Anna began to send her mother’s favorite flowers, carnations to her local church requesting people wear them in honor of their mothers. The idea gained immense popularity over the years and in 1910, West Virginia became the first state to recognize Mother’s Day holiday. On May 8, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a joint resolution designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
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