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Can you tell me when and where the first
friendship day was celebrated ?
Asked by joyesh chakraborty,
03 Aug '08 08:06 am
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After the First World War there was a lot of hate and mistrust between people So the U.S. Congress in 1935 officially declared the first Sunday of August to be Friendship Day. The holiday later caught on in other countries as a noble tradition to be carried out, and in 1997 the United Nations even named A. A. Milne's fictional teddy bear, "Winnie the Pooh" as the World's ambassador of Friendship. In Canada, The Winnipeg Friendship Festival was for many years, known as the Winnie the Pooh Festival in honor of the bear Winnipeg who was said to be the inspiration behind the book.
The tradition of Friendship Day bands was introduced and made popular in India through Bollywood movies like Kuch Kuch Hota Hain. People also get together and exchange cards, poems and gifts with their friends and recall old memories of time spent together on this day.
Answered by Flo Rodrigues, 03 Aug '08 04:43 pm
The tradition of Friendship Day bands was introduced and made popular in India through Bollywood movies like Kuch Kuch Hota Hain. People also get together and exchange cards, poems and gifts with their friends and recall old memories of time spent together on this day.
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America - Friendship Day has been celebrated since 1935 when the US Congress proclaimed the first Sunday of August as National Friendship Day and ever since then it has been an annual event there and in India. It is not celebrated or heard of much in Europe.
Answered by Janis, 03 Aug '08 10:26 pm
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Both friendship and friendship day were created or celebrated in heaven
Answered by sangeetha, 03 Aug '08 05:53 pm
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The National Friendship Day is celebrated every year on the first Sunday in August. There is not much history that can be garnered for this day except the fact that the US Congress proclaimed this day as the Friendship Day in the year 1935.
Answered by GOPI KUMAR, 03 Aug '08 08:13 am
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