FRIENDSHIP
DAY| WHEN IS FRIENDSHIP DAY | FRIENDSHIP DAY HISTORY | HOW WE CELEBRATE
FRIENDSHIP DAY
- WHAT IS FRIENDSHIP DAY?
- WHEN IS FRIENDSHIP DAY ?
- FRIENDSHIP DAY HISTORY
- HOW WE CELEBRATE FRIENDSHIP DAY?
WHAT
IS FRIENDSHIP DAY?
It’s a day for
celebrating friendship and is celebrated
in different dates around the world. In India we celebrate it on first Sunday
of August.
The friendship day
celebrations originated in United
States by 1935 as they dedicated a day
in honor of friends. Eventually greeting card industries took over the
celebration and it spread over the world through social medias ,greetings, cell
phones ,etc. And now-a-days friendship day is being celebrated all over the
world.
WHEN IS FRIENDSHIP DAY 2018
Friendship day is celebrated in the 5th August of every year. In 2018 5th August is a Sunday.
FRIENDSHIP
DAY HISTORY
Joyce Hall founder of
Hallmark cards, proposed the celebrations. Before that, Friendship Day was
promoted through greeting cards. By 1998, in honor of the holiday, Nane Annan,
wife of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, declared the adorable bear Winnie the
Pooh as the global Ambassador of Friendship at the UN.
HOW
WE CELEBRATE FRIENDSHIP DAY?
On this day people gifts each other
colorful wrist bands that are known as ‘friendship bands’, cards, flowers and
gifts.
FRIENDSHIP DAY| WHEN IS FRIENDSHIP DAY | FRIENDSHIP DAY HISTORY | HOW WE CELEBRATE FRIENDSHIP DAY
See also Important Days in August month
See also Important Days in August month
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