International Friendship Day celebrations 2009
Celebrations Friendship Day 2009 on August 2, Sunday
Wish You Happy Friendship Day.....
People are social creatures and have always appreciated the importance of friends in life. To celebrate this noble feeling it was deemed appropriate to have a day dedicated to friends and friendship. On the first Sunday of August was declared a holiday in the United States in honor of friends of the Proclamation made by U.S. Congress in 1935. Since then, World Friendship Day is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of the month in August.In 1997, the United Nations named Winnie the Pooh as the world's Ambassador of Friendship.
This beautiful idea of celebrating Friendship Day was joyfully accepted by several other countries all over the world. And today, many countries, including India, celebrate the first Sunday in August Friendship Day, as every year. Celebrating Friendship Day in a traditional manner, people meet their friends and exchange cards and flowers in honor of their friends. Lot many social and cultural organization too celebrate the occasion and mark Friendship Day by conducting the program and get together.
It may be noted that some associations celebrate the Friendship Day in a different time of year and with different customs. For example,
* National Friendship Day on the first Sunday in August.
* Women's Friendship Day on the third Sunday in August
* International Friendship Month of February
* Old Friends, New Friends Week is the third week of May
However, what is remarkable is the idea of celebrating the day. Everywhere, people express their love for friends and cherish their presence in our lives.
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