International
Friendship Day
celebrations
take place on the first Sunday of August every year. The
tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends began
in US in 1935. Gradually the festival gained popularity
and today Friendship Day is celebrated in large number
of countries. On this day people spend time with their
friends and express love for them. Exchange of
Friendship Day Gifts like flowers, cards and wrist bands
is a popular tradition of this occasion.
The United States
Congress, in 1935, proclaimed first Sunday of August as
National Friendship Day. Since then, celebration of
National Friendship Day became an annual event. The
noble idea of honoring the beautiful relationship of
friendship caught on with the people and soon Friendship
Day became a hugely popular festival.
Following the popularity
and success of Friendship Day in US, several other
countries adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to
friends. Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically
celebrated by several countries across the world
including India.
In 1997, the United
Nations named Winnie the Pooh as the world's Ambassador
of Friendship.
Most countries in the
world, however, celebrates the "Friends Day" on July
20th. For this reason, on July 17th, 2009 Facebook
launched a marketing campaign declaring "Friends Day" as
July, 20th.
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