STUDENTS´ DAY (May 23rd)

This day is commemorated in Mexico as Student´s Day; the origin of this story goes back to 1929 when a group of college students of the UNAM protested, in the Santo Domingo square,  in favor of the university autonomy on May 23^rd.

Because of this, a month later, they gained their autonomy and declared that this day would be remembered as the “Students day” and should be celebrated throughout the whole country.

Years later, we celebrate it and students don’t go to school on May 23^rd.

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is a holiday honoring motherhood that is observed in different forms throughout the world. The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis would later denounce the holiday’s commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar. While dates and celebrations vary, Mother’s Day most commonly falls on the second Sunday in May and traditionally involves presenting mothers with flowers, cards and other gifts.