International
Friendship Day
International Friendship Day is a day for celebrating friendship.
The day has been celebrated in several southern South American countries for many years,
particularly in Paraguay, where the first World
Friendship Day was proposed in 1958.
Initially created by the greeting card industry,
evidence from social networking sites shows a revival of interest
in the holiday that may have grown with the spread of the Internet,
particularly in India, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. Digital communication modes such as the Internet and
mobile phones may be helping to popularize the custom, since greeting friends en masse is now easier than before. Those who
promote the holiday inSouth Asia attribute the tradition of
dedicating a day in honor of friends to have originated in the U.S. in 1935,
but it actually dates from 1919. The exchange of Friendship Day gifts like
flowers, cards and wrist bands is a popular tradition of this occasion.[1][2]
Friendship Day celebrations occur on different dates
in different countries. The first World Friendship Day was proposed for 30 July
in 1958, by the World Friendship Crusade.[3] On 27 April 2011 the General
Assembly of the United Nations declared[4] 30 July as official International
Friendship Day. However, some countries, including India,[5] celebrate Friendship Day on the first Sunday of
August. In Oberlin, Ohio, Friendship Day is celebrated on 8 April each year.[6] It is one of the most popular events of the
world especially to the youth community who want to dedicate this complete day
to their most special friends by sharing friendship day quotes and playing
games like the Invisible
friend[7] (a variation of the popular Secret Santa).
By. Yannick
Segura and Fernando Parra
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