People across the globe, including Pakistan celebrated Mother’s Day on Sunday to share their sentiments and express profound love for their mothers.
The day to honour motherhood is celebrated on second Sunday of May and it is a time to appreciate mothers and mother figures, expressing gratitude for the hardships they bear in bringing up a child.
The day was marked with the old spirit and enthusiasm and public and private organisations as well as schools are arranging colourful programmes in connection with the Mother’s Day celebrations. Though Mother’s Day celebrations take place at different times in the world but what is remarkably same are the feelings with which people celebrate the day. Several other countries celebrate their Mother’s Day on different dates depending upon what they have decided about the specific day. Mother Day is being celebrated in Pakistan and sub- continent for the past few years with zeal and zest. The people can send and give Mothers day cakes, Mothers Day cards, Mum Mugs, Mothers day flowers, Mother Day Bears, Small Fruit or Gift basket, Special mother’s day cakes and sweets, mothers day gifts hampers, candies made for mother day, chocolates for mother day. In the recent years, the most dedicated gifts for Mother’s Day were Flowers, Perfumes, Cake and special sweets. Mothers are actually the guiding force and are responsible for developing the character and personality of a child. Mothers shape the lives of children and the Mothers Day is the opportunity to pay tribute to them for their contribution. The tradition of the day started with the ancient Greeks who celebrated their annual spring festival in honor of Rhea, the mother of many gods and goddesses in the Greek mythology. Ancient Romans too celebrated a spring festival by the name of Hilaria in honor of Cybele, a mother goddess, some 250 years before Christ was born.