Motherâs Day celebrations can be traced right back to ancient spring festivals dedicated to mother goddesses.
I knew White Carnations were Mothers day flowers, but came to know that red or pink are the flowers for the living mothers while white were for the dead. This I wanted to share with the flower community.
Ancient Greeks worshipped Rhea, mother of gods and goddesses and wife of Cronus.
As early as 250 BC Romans worshipped Cybele, a mother goddess.
In England Mothering Sunday was celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, the 40 day period leading up to Easter. The servants of the rich were given a day off to return home to spend the day with their mothers. Mothering Cake was prepared on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) first suggested Motherâs Day in 1870 as a day dedicated to peace.
In 1907 Anna Jarvis (1864-1948) began a campaign to establish a national Motherâs Day. She was successfull in introducing Carnations as the flowers gifted to mothers on Mother's Day.
White carnations have come to be considered symbolic of love for a mother who has died or is far away and red or pink carnations are for mothers that are close by and living.
Left by Dorothy Smith at 2:16 AM on Saturday, 26 April 2008
This is a very informative article. In US, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of the month of May every year. Mother's Day is celebrated in honor of mother, sister, wife, daughter, grandma, aunt, who have given unconditional love and always been like a tree to the child to protect him/her from every trouble.