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Father's Day
Observed by
40+ countries
Type
Worldwide
Significance
Honors fathers and fatherhood
Date
Varies per country
Frequency
Annual
Related to
Children's Day, Siblings Day, Mother's Day, Parents' Day, Grandparents Day
Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. In Catholic Europe, it has been celebrated on March 19 (St. Joseph's Day) since the Middle Ages. This celebration was brought by the Spanish and Portuguese to Latin America, where March 19 is often still used for it, though many countries in Europe and the Americas have adopted the U.S. date, which is the third Sunday of June. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March, April and June. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Mother's Day, Siblings Day, and Grandparents' Day.
Contents
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1 History and traditions
1.1 Early history
1.2 In the United States
1.2.1 Beginnings
1.2.2 Failed attempts at establishing a Father's Day
1.2.3 Establishment of the holiday
2 Spelling
3 Dates around the world
4 International history and traditions
4.1 Argentina
4.2 Aruba
4.3 Australia
4.4 Austria
4.5 Belgium
4.6 Brazil
4.7 Canada
4.8 China
4.9 Costa Rica
4.10 Croatia
4.11 Denmark
4.12 Estonia
4.13 Finland
4.14 France
4.15 Germany
4.16 Greece
4.17 Haiti
4.18 Hong Kong
4.19 Hungary
4.20 India
4.21 Indonesia
4.22 Ireland
4.23 Israel
4.24 Italy
4.25 Japan
4.26 Kazakhstan
4.27 Kenya
4.28 Korea
4.29 Latvia
4.30 Lithuania
4.31 Macao
4.32 Malaysia
4.33 Malta
4.34 Mexico
4.35 Mongolia
4.36 Nepal
4.37 Netherlands
4.38 New Zealand
4.39 Norway
4.40 Pakistan
4.41 Peru
4.42 Philippines
4.43 Poland
4.44 Portugal
4.45 Roman Catholic tradition
4.46 Romania
4.47 Russia
4.48 American Samoa and Samoa
4.49 Seychelles
4.50 Singapore
4.51 Slovakia
4.52 South Africa
4.53 South Sudan
4.54 Spain
4.55 Sri Lanka
4.56 Sudan
4.57 Sweden
4.58 Taiwan
4.59 Thailand
4.60 Trinidad and Tobago
4.61 Turkey
4.62 United Arab Emirates
4.63 United Kingdom
4.64 United States of America
4.65 Ukraine
4.66 Venezuela
5 See also
6 References
6.1 Bibliography
7 External links
History and traditions[edit]
Early history[edit]
A customary day for the celebration of fatherhood in Catholic Europe is known to date back to at least the Middle Ages, and it is observed on 19 March, as the feast day of Saint Joseph, who is referred to as the fatherly Nutritor Domini ("Nourisher of the Lord") in Catholicism and "the putative father of Jesus" in southern European tradition. This celebration was brought to the Americas by the Spanish and Portuguese, and in Latin America, Father's Day is still celebrated on 19 March. The Catholic Church actively supported the custom of a celebration of fatherhood on St. Joseph's day from either the last years of the 14th century or from the early 15th century[citation needed], apparently on the initiative of the Franciscans[citation needed].
In the Coptic Church, the celebration of fatherhood is also observed on St Joseph's Day, but the Copts observe this celebration on July 20. This Coptic celebration may date back to the fifth century.[citation needed]
In the United States[edit]
Beginnings[edit]
Father's Day was not celebrated in the US, outside Catholic traditions, until the 20th century. As a civic celebration in the US, it was inaugurated in the early 20th century to complement Mother's Day by celebrating fathers and male parenting.
During the Father's Day luncheon held at the Pacific Views Event Center, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
After Anna Jarvis' successful promotion of Mother's Day in Grafton, West Virginia, the first observance of a "Father's Day" was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia, in the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church.[1] Grace Golden Clayton was mourning the loss of her father, when in December 1907, the Monongah Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. Clayton suggested that her pastor Robert Thomas Webb honor all those fathers.[2][3][4][5]
Clayton's event did not have repercussions outside Fairmont for several reasons, among them: the city was overwhelmed by other events, the celebration was never promoted outside the town itself and no proclamation of it was made by the city council. Also, two events overshadowed this event: the celebration of Independence Day July 4, 1908, with 12,000 attendants and several shows including a hot air balloon event, which took over the headlines in the following days, and the death of a 16-year-old girl on July 4. The local church and council were overwhelmed and they did not even think of promoting the event, and it was not celebrated again for many years. The original sermon was not reproduced by the press and it was lost. Finally, Clayton was a quiet person, who never promoted the event and never talked to other persons about it.[3][4][5]
Failed attempts at establishing a Father's Day[edit]
In 1911, Jane Addams proposed that a citywide Father's Day celebration be held in Chicago, but she was turned down.[6]
In 1912, there was a Father's Day celebration in Vancouver, Washington, suggested by Methodist pastor J.J. Berringer of the Irvington Methodist Church. They mistakenly believed that they had been the first to celebrate such a day.[1] They followed a 1911 suggestion by the Portland Oregonian.[6]
Harry C. Meek, a member of Lions Clubs International, claimed that he had first come up with the idea for Father's Day in 1915.[1][6] Meek said that the third Sunday in June was chosen because it was his birthday.[6] The Lions Club has named him the "Originator of Father's Day".[1] Meek made many efforts to promote Father's Day and make it an official holiday.[1][6]
Establishment of the holiday[edit]
On June 19, 1910, a Father's Day celebration was held at the YMCA in Spokane, Washington by Sonora Smart Dodd.[7][8] Her father, the civil war veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who raised his six children there.[7] She was also a member of Old Centenary Presbyterian Church (now Knox Presbyterian Church),[9] where she first proposed the idea. After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909 at Central Methodist Episcopal Church, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday to honor them.[7] Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors did not have enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday in June.[1][6] Several local clergymen accepted the idea, and on June 19, 1910, the first Father's Day, "sermons honoring fathers were presented throughout the city".[10]
Bangladeshi father with son and daughter
However, in the 1920s, Dodd stopped promoting the celebration because she was studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, and it faded into relative obscurity, even in Spokane.[11] In the 1930s, Dodd returned to Spokane and started promoting the celebration again, raising awareness at a national level.[12] She had the help of those trade groups that would benefit most from the holiday, for example the manufacturers of ties, tobacco pipes, and any traditional present for fathers.[13] By 1938, she had the help of the Father's Day Council, founded by the New York Associated Men's Wear Retailers to consolidate and systematize the holiday's commercial promotion.[14] Americans resisted the holiday for its first few decades, viewing it as nothing more than an attempt by merchants to replicate the commercial success of Mother's Day, and newspapers frequently featured cynical and sarcastic attacks and jokes.[15] However, the said merchants remained resilient and even incorporated these attacks into their advertisements.[16] By the mid-1980s, the Father's Day Council wrote, "(...) [Father's Day] has become a Second Christmas for all the men's gift-oriented industries."[17]
Father's Day in Deventer, Holland
A bill to accord national recognition of the holiday was introduced in Congress in 1913.[18] In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson went to Spokane to speak at a Father's Day celebration[19] and he wanted to make it an officially recognized federal holiday, but Congress resisted, fearing that it would become commercialized.[20] US President Calvin Coolidge recommended in 1924 that the day be observed throughout the entire nation, but he stopped short at issuing a national proclamation.[19] Two earlier attempts to formally recognize the holiday had been defeated by Congress.[19][21] In 1957, Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith wrote a Father's Day proposal accusing Congress of ignoring fathers for 40 years while honoring mothers, thus "[singling] out just one of our two parents".[21] In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.[20] Six years later, the day was made a permanent national holiday when President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972.[19][20][21][22]
In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries on November 19 in honor of men and boys who are not fathers.
Spelling[edit]
In the United States, Dodd used the "Fathers' Day" spelling on her original petition for the holiday,[7] but the spelling "Father's Day" was already used in 1913 when a bill was introduced to the U.S. Congress as the first attempt to establish the holiday,[18] and it was still spelled the same way when its creator was commended in 2008 by the U.S. Congress.[23]
Dates around the world[edit]
The officially recognized date of Father's Day varies from country to country. This section lists some significant examples, in order of date of observance.
Gregorian calendar
Occurrence
Dates
Country
February 23
Russia (Defender of the Fatherland Day[24])*
St Joseph's Day
March 19
Andorra (Dia del Pare)
Angola
Belgium (Antwerp)
Bolivia
Croatia[25]
Honduras[26]
Italy (Festa del papà)
Liechtenstein
Mozambique (Dia do Pai)
Portugal (Dia do Pai)
Spain (Día del Padre)
Switzerland (Canton Ticino)
May 7
Kazakhstan
May 8
South Korea (Parents' Day)
Second Sunday in May
May 14, 2017
May 13, 2018
May 12, 2019
Romania[27] (Ziua Tatălui)
Third Sunday in May
May 21, 2017
May 20, 2018
May 19, 2019
Tonga
Ascension Day
May 25, 2017
May 10, 2018
May 30, 2019
Germany
First Sunday in June
Jun 4, 2017
Jun 3, 2018
Jun 2, 2019
Lithuania (Tėvo diena)
Switzerland
June 5
Denmark[28] (also Constitution Day)
Second Sunday in June
Jun 11, 2017
Jun 10, 2018
Jun 9, 2019
Austria
Belgium
Third Sunday in June
Jun 18, 2017
Jun 17, 2018
Jun 16, 2019
Jun 21, 2020
Afghanistan
Algeria
Albania
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina[29]
Aruba
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Canada
Chad
Chile[30]
Colombia
Comoros
Costa Rica[31]
Cuba[32]
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dominica
Ecuador
Ethiopia
France
Georgia
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Ireland
Isle of Man
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Kuwait
Laos
Macao
Mali
Madagascar
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico[33]
Mozambique (Nao e o dia)
Myanmar
Namibia
Netherlands
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Panama[34]
Paraguay
Peru[35]
Philippines[36]
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Singapore
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine[37]
United Kingdom[38]
United States
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe[39]
June 17
El Salvador[40]
Guatemala[41]
June 21
Egypt
Jordan
Kosovo
Lebanon
Syria
United Arab Emirates
June 22
Guernsey
Jersey
June 23
Nicaragua
Poland
Last Sunday in June
Jun 25, 2017
Jun 24, 2018
Jun 30, 2019
Haiti
Second Sunday in July
Jul 9, 2017
Jul 8, 2018
Jul 14, 2019
Uruguay
Last Sunday in July
Jul 30, 2017
Jul 29, 2018
Jul 28, 2019
Dominican Republic
August 8
China**
Mongolia
Taiwan
Second Sunday in August
Aug 13, 2017
Aug 12, 2018
Aug 11, 2019
Brazil
Samoa
Last Monday in August
Aug 28, 2017
Aug 27, 2018
Aug 26, 2019
South Sudan
First Sunday in September
Sep 3, 2017
Sep 2, 2018
Sep 1, 2019
Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Second Sunday in September
Sep 10, 2017
Sep 9, 2018
Sep 8, 2019
Latvia
First Sunday in October
Oct 1, 2017
Oct 7, 2018
Oct 6, 2019
Luxembourg
Second Sunday in November
Nov 12, 2017
Nov 11, 2018
Nov 10, 2019
Estonia (Isadepäev)
Finland (Isänpäivä)
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
November 12
Indonesia
December 5
Thailand (The birthday of King Bhumibol)[42]
Hindu calendar
Definition
Sample dates
Country/territory
Bhadrapada Amavasya
(Gokarna Aunsi)
Between August 30 and September 30
Nepal[43]
Islamic calendar
Occurrence
Sample dates
Country/territory
13 Rajab, Ali Ibn Abi Talib birthday
April 21, 2016
April 10, 2017
Iran
Kuwait
Bahrain
Iraq
Oman
Qatar
Egypt
Yemen
Syria
Lebanon
Somalia
Sudan
Mauritania
*Officially, as the name suggests, the holiday celebrates people who are serving or were serving the Russian Armed Forces (both men and women). But the congratulations are traditionally, nationally accepted by all fathers, other adult men and male children as well.
**There is no official Father's Day of the P.R. China. During the Republican period prior to 1949, Father's Day on August 8 was first celebrated in Shanghai in 1945.
International history and traditions[edit]
Argentina[edit]
Father's Day in Argentina is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.
There have been attempts to change the date to August 24, to commemorate the day on which the Father of the Nation José de San Martín became a father.[29] In 1953, the proposal to celebrate Father's Day in all educational establishments on August 24, in honor of José de San Martín, was raised to the General Direction of Schools of Mendoza Province. The day was celebrated for the first time in 1958, on the third Sunday of June, but it was not included in the school calendars due to pressure from several groups.[44]
Schools in the Mendoza Province continued to celebrate Father's Day on August 24, and, in 1982, the provincial governor passed a law declaring Father's Day in the province to be celebrated on that day.[44]
In 2004, a proposal to change the date to August 24 were presented to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies as a single, unified project.
Aruba[edit]
In Aruba, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.
Australia[edit]
In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September, which is the first Sunday of Spring in Australia, and is not a public holiday. At school, children handcraft their present for their fathers. Consumer goods companies have all sorts of special offers for fathers: socks, ties, electronics, suits, and men's healthcare products. Most families present fathers with gifts and cards, and share a meal to show appreciation, much like Mother's Day.
YMCA Victoria continues the tradition of honouring the role fathers and father figures play in parenting through the annual awarding of Local Community Father of the Year in 32 municipalities in Victoria. The Father's Day Council of Victoria annually recognises fathers in the Father of the Year Award.[45]
Austria[edit]
In Austria, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of June and it is not a public holiday.
Belgium[edit]
In Belgium, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of June and it is not a public holiday.
Brazil[edit]
In Brazil Father's Day (Dia dos Pais, in Portuguese) is celebrated three months after Mother's Day, on the second Sunday of August. Publicist Sylvio Bhering picked the day in honor of Saint Joachim, patron of fathers. While it is not an official holiday (see Public holidays in Brazil), it is widely observed and typically involves spending time with and giving gifts to one's father or father figure.
Canada[edit]
In Canada, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Father's Day typically involves spending time with one's father or the father figures in one's life. Small family gatherings and the giving of gifts may be part of the festivities organized for Father's Day.
China[edit]
In People's Republic of China, there is no official Father's Day. Some people celebrate on the third Sunday of June, according to the tradition of the United States.
Prior to the People's Republic, when the Republic of China governed from Nanjing, Father's Day was celebrated on August 8. This was determined by the fact that the eighth (ba) day of the eighth (ba) month makes two "eights" (八八, ba-ba), which sounds similar to the colloquial word for "daddy" (ba-ba，爸爸). It is still celebrated on this date in areas still under the control of the Republic of China, including Taiwan.
Costa Rica[edit]
In Costa Rica, the Unidad Social Cristiana party presented a bill to change the celebration of Father's Day from the third Sunday of June to March 19, the day of Saint Joseph.[46] That was in order to give tribute to this saint, who gave his name to the capital of the country San José, Costa Rica, and so family heads will be able to celebrate the Father's Day at the same time as the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker.[31] The official date is still the third Sunday of June.
Croatia[edit]
In Croatia, according to the Roman Catholic tradition, fathers are celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day (Dan svetog Josipa), March 19. It is not a public holiday.
Denmark[edit]
In Denmark, Father's Day is celebrated on June 5.[28] It coincides with Constitution Day.
Estonia[edit]
In Estonia, Father's day ("Isadepäev") is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is an established flag day and a national holiday.
Finland[edit]
In Finland, Father's Day (Isänpäivä, Fars dag) is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is an established flag day.
France[edit]
In France lighter manufacturer "Flaminaire" introduced the idea of father's day first in 1949 for commercial reasons. Director "Marcel Quercia" wanted to sell their lighter in France. In 1950, they introduced "la Fête des Pères", which would take place every third Sunday of June (following the American example). Their slogan « Nos papas nous l'ont dit, pour la fête des pères, ils désirent tous un Flaminaire » (Our fathers told us, for father's day, they all want a Flaminaire). In 1952, the holiday was officially decreed. A national father's day committee was set up to give a prize for fathers that deserved it most (originally, candidates were nominated by the social services of each town hall's/mayor's office); This complements "la Fête des Mères" (Mother's day) which was made official in France in 1928 and added to the calendar in Vichy in 1941.
Germany[edit]
Hiking tour on father's day with smaller wagons
In Germany, Father's Day (Vatertag) is celebrated differently from other parts of the world.[47] It is always celebrated on Ascension Day (the Thursday forty days after Easter), which is a federal holiday. Regionally, it is also called men's day, Männertag, or gentlemen's day, Herrentag. It is a tradition for groups of males (young and old but usually excluding pre-teenage boys) to do a hiking tour with one or more smaller wagons, Bollerwagen, pulled by manpower. In the wagons are wine or beer bottles (according to the region) and traditional regional food, Hausmannskost. Many men use this holiday as an opportunity to get drunk.[47] According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, alcohol-related traffic accidents multiply by three on this day.[48] The tradition of Father's Day is especially prevalent in Eastern Germany.[47]
These traditions are probably rooted in Christian Ascension Day's processions to the farmlands, which has been celebrated since the 18th century.[49][50] Men would be seated in a wooden cart and carried to the village's plaza, and the mayor would award a prize to the father who had the most children, usually a big piece of ham.[49] In the late 19th century the religious component was progressively lost, especially in urban areas such as Berlin, and groups of men organized walking excursions with beer and ham.[49] By the 20th century, alcohol consumption had become a major part of the tradition.[49][51] Many people will take the following Friday off at work, and some schools are closed on that Friday as well; many people then use the resulting four-day-long weekend for a short vacation.
Greece[edit]
Father's Day, is observed on the feast day of Fathers, It is celebrated as a public international day, like in many other countries including the U.S., on the third Sunday of June. In Europe like in the rest of the world, it became a manifestation of divorced fathers, and the day was inaugurated by Professor Dr Nicolas Spitalas (http://spitalas.blogspot.com) who created also the International Movement of Dads. His Association SYGAPA (Men's and Fathers' Dignity (www.sos-sygapa.eu) is the biggest movement in the world (35.000 members). In Greece, like in other European countries, this day is named (Fête des Peres/Feast of Fathers)
Haiti[edit]
In Haiti, Father's Day (Fête des peres) is celebrated on the last Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Fathers are recognized and celebrated on this day with cards, gifts, breakfast, lunch brunch or early Sunday dinner; whether enjoying the day at the beach or mountains, spending family time or doing favourite activities .
Children exclaim "bonne fête papa", while everyone wishes all fathers "bonne Fête des Pères". (Happy Father's Day)
Hong Kong[edit]
In Hong Kong, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.
Hungary[edit]
In Hungary, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.
India[edit]
Father's Day [[(Telugu: ఫాదర్స్ డే)], Tamil: Thanthaiyar Thinam, தந்தையர் தினம்]is not celebrated in all of India. But is observed the third Sunday of June by mostly westernized urban centers. The event is not a public holiday. The day is usually celebrated only in bigger cities of India like Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kanpur, Bengaluru, Kolkata and others. After this day was first observed in the United States in 1908 and gradually gained popularity,[52] Indian metropolitan cities, much later, followed suit by recognising this event. In India, the day is usually celebrated with children giving gifts like greeting cards, electronic gadgets, shirts, coffee mugs or books to their fathers.
Indonesia[edit]
In Indonesia, Father's Day is celebrated on November 12 and is not a public holiday. Father's Day in Indonesia was first declared in 2006 in Solo City Hall attended by hundreds of people from various community groups, including people from community of inter-religion communication. Because of its recent declaration, there is not very much hype about the celebration, compared to the celebration of Mother's Day on December 22.
Ireland[edit]
In Ireland, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.
Israel[edit]
In Israel, Father's Day is usually celebrated on May 1 together with Workers' Day or Labour Day.[citation needed]
Italy[edit]
In Italy, according to the Roman Catholic tradition, Father's Day is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, commonly called Feast of Saint Joseph (Festa di San Giuseppe), March 19. It was a public holiday until 1977.
Japan[edit]
Main article: Public holidays in Japan
In Japan, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.
Kazakhstan[edit]
Kazakhstan continues the Soviet Union's tradition of celebrating Defender of the Fatherland Day instead of Father's Day like in Russia and other former soviet countries. It is usually called "Man's Day" and it is considered equivalent of Father's Day. It is still celebrated on February 23.
Kenya[edit]
In Kenya, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.
Korea[edit]
In South Korea, Parents' day is celebrated on May 8 and is not a public holiday.
Latvia[edit]
In Latvia, Father's Day (Tēvu diena) is celebrated on the second Sunday of September and is not a public holiday. In Latvia people did not always celebrate this day because of the USSR's influence with its own holidays. This day in Latvia was 'officially born' in 2008 when it was celebrated and marked in the calendar for the first time on September 14 (second September Sunday) to promote the idea that man as the father must be satisfied and proud of his family and children, also, the father is important to gratitude and loving words from his family for devoted to continuous altruistic concerns. Because this day is new to the country it does not have established unique traditions, but people borrow ideas from other country's Father's Day traditions to congratulate fathers in Latvia.
Lithuania[edit]
In Lithuania, Father's Day (Tėvo diena) is celebrated on the first Sunday of June and is a public holiday.
Macao[edit]
In Macau, Father's Day (Dia do Pai) is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.
Malaysia[edit]
In Malaysia, Father's Day falls on the third Sunday of June.
Malta[edit]
Malta has followed the international trend and celebrates Father’s Day on the third Sunday in June. As in the case of Mother’s Day, the introduction of Father’s Day celebrations in Malta was encouraged by Frans H Said (Uncle Frans of the children’s radio programmes). The first mention of Father’s Day was in June 1977, [53] and the day is now part of the local events calendar. (The Times of Malta 11 June 2017) ( Il-Mument - Maltese newspaper- 18 June 2017)
Mexico[edit]
In Mexico, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.
Mongolia[edit]
The Mongolian Men's Association began the celebration of Father's Day on 8 of August since 2005.
Nepal[edit]
Main article: Gokarna Aunsi
The Newar population (natives of Kathmandu valley) in Nepal honors fathers on the day of kusa aunsi, which occurs in late August or early September, depending on the year, since it depends on the lunar calendar. The Western-inspired celebration of Father's Day that was imported into the country is always celebrated on the same day as Gokarna Aunsi.
The rest of the population has also begun to celebrate the Gokarna Aunsi day[54] It is commonly known as Abu ya Khwa Swoyegu in Nepal Bhasa or Buwaako mukh herne din (बुवाको मुख हेर्ने दिन) in Nepali (literally "day for looking at father's face").[43][55] On the new moon day (Amavasya) it is traditional to pay respect to one's deceased father; Hindus go to the Shiva temple of Gokarneswor Mahadev, in Gokarna, a suburb of Kathmandu[56] while Buddhists go to Jan Bahal (Seto Machhendranath or white Tara) temple in Kathmandu.
Traditionally, in the Kathmandu Valley, the south-western corner is reserved for women and women-related rituals, and the north-eastern is for men and men-related rituals. The worship place for Mata Tirtha Aunsi ("Mother Pilgrimage New Moon") is located in Mata Tirtha in the south-western half of the valley, while the worship place for Gokarna Aunsi is located in the north-eastern half. This division is reflected in many aspects of the life in the Kathmandu Valley.[57]
Netherlands[edit]
In the Netherlands, Father's Day (Vaderdag) is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Traditionally, as on Mother's Day, fathers get breakfast in bed made by their children and families gather together and have dinner, usually at the grandparents' house. In recent years, families also started having dinner out, and as on Mother's Day, it is one of the busiest days for restaurants. At school, children handcraft their present for their fathers. Consumer goods companies have all sorts of special offers for fathers: socks, ties, electronics, suits, and men's healthcare products.
New Zealand[edit]
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In New Zealand, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and it is not a public holiday. Fathers' Day seems to have been first observed at St Matthew's Church, Auckland on 14 July 1929[58] and first appeared in commercial advertising the following year.[59] By 1931 other churches had adopted the day. In 1935 much of Australia moved to mark the day at the beginning of September[60] and New Zealand followed, with a Wellington advert in 1937,[61] a Christchurch Salvation Army service in 1938[62] and in Auckland from 1939.[63]
Norway[edit]
In Norway, Father's day (Farsdag), is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is not a public holiday.
Pakistan[edit]
Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The Rutgers WPF launched a campaign titled 'Greening Pakistan – Promoting Responsible Fatherhood' on Father's Day (Sunday June 18, 2017) across Pakistan to promote active fatherhood and responsibility for the care and upbringing of children.[64][65] Father's Day is not a public holiday in Pakistan.
Peru[edit]
In Peru, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. People usually give a present to their fathers and spend time with him mostly during a family meal.
Philippines[edit]
In the Philippines, Father's Day is officially celebrated every first Monday of December, but it is not a public holiday.[66] It is more widely observed by the public on the 3rd Sunday of June perhaps due to American influence.
Poland[edit]
In Poland, Father's Day (in Polish: Dzień Ojca) is celebrated on June 23 and is not a public holiday.
Portugal[edit]
Father's Day ("Dia do Pai") is celebrated on March 19 (see Roman Catholic tradition below) in Portugal. Father's Day is not a bank holiday.
Roman Catholic tradition[edit]
In the Roman Catholic tradition, Fathers are celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, commonly called the Feast of Saint Joseph, March 19, though in certain countries Father's Day has become a secular celebration.[67] It is also common for Catholics to honor their "spiritual father," their parish priest, on Father's Day.[68]
Romania[edit]
The Law instituting the Father's day celebration in Romania passed on September 29th, 2009 and stated that Father's day will be celebrated annually on the second Sunday of May. First time it was celebrated on May 9th 2010. This year it was celebrated on 13 May 2018. The next dates this celebration will take place are: 12 May 2019, 10 May 2020, 9 May 2021, 8 May 2022, 14 May 2023, 12 May 2024 and 11 May 2025. [27].
Russia[edit]
Russia continues the Soviet Union's tradition of celebrating Defender of the Fatherland Day instead of Father's Day. It is usually called "Man's Day" and it is considered the Russian equivalent of Father's Day.[24]
American Samoa and Samoa[edit]
In Samoa, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in August, and is a recognised national holiday on the Monday following.
Seychelles[edit]
In Seychelles, Father's Day is celebrated on June 16 and is not a public holiday.[69]
Singapore[edit]
In Singapore, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June but is not a public holiday.
Slovakia[edit]
In Slovakia, Father's Day (In slovak: deň otcov) is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. It is not a public holiday
South Africa[edit]
In South Africa, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. It is not a public holiday.
South Sudan[edit]
In South Sudan, Father's Day is celebrated on the last Monday of August. President Salva Kiir Mayardit proclaimed it before August 27, 2012. First celebrated on August 27, 2012, Father's Day was not celebrated in South Sudan in 2011 (due to the country's independence).
Spain[edit]
Father's Day, El Día del Padre, is observed on the feast day of Saint Joseph, which is March 19.[70] It is celebrated as a public holiday in some regions of Spain.[71]
Sri Lanka[edit]
Father's Day (In sinhala : Piyawarunge dhinaya, පියවරුන්ගේ දිනය & in Tamil: Thanthaiyar Thinam, தந்தையர் தினம்), is observed on the third Sunday of June. It is not a public holiday. Many schools hold special events to honor fathers.
Sudan[edit]
In Sudan, Father's Day (عيد الأب), is celebrated on the twenty-first of June.
Sweden[edit]
In Sweden, Father's day (Fars dag), is celebrated on the second Sunday of November, but is not a public holiday.
Taiwan[edit]
Main article: Public holidays in Taiwan
In Taiwan, Father's Day is not an official holiday, but is widely observed on August 8, the eighth day of the eighth month of the year. In Mandarin Chinese, the pronunciation of the number eight is bā, and the pronunciation is very similar to the character "爸" "bà", which means "Pa" or "dad". The eighth day of the eighth month (bā-bā) is a pun for dad (爸爸 or "bàba"). The Taiwanese, therefore, sometimes refer to August 8 as "Bābā Holiday" as a pun for "Dad's Holiday" (爸爸節) or the more formal "Father's Day" (父親節).
Thailand[edit]
In Thailand, the birthday of the king, is set as Father's Day.[42] December 5 is the birthday of the late king Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). Traditionally, Thais celebrate by giving their father or grandfather a canna flower (ดอกพุทธรักษา Dok Buddha Ruksa), which is considered a masculine flower; however, this is not as commonly practiced today. Thai people will wear yellow on this day to show respect for the late king, because yellow is the color of the day for Monday, the day King Bhumibol Adulyadej was born. Thais flood the Sanam Luang, a massive park in front of the palace, to watch the king give his annual speech, and often stay until the evening, when there is a national ceremony. Thais will light candles and show respect to the king by declaring their faith. This ceremony happens in almost every village in Thailand, and even overseas at Thai organizations.
It first gained nationwide popularity in the 1980s as part of a campaign by Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda to promote Thailand's royal family.[42] Mother's Day is celebrated on the birthday of Queen Sirikit,[42] August 12.
Trinidad and Tobago[edit]
In Trinidad and Tobago, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday.
Turkey[edit]
In Turkey, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday.
United Arab Emirates[edit]
In United Arab Emirates, Father's Day is celebrated on June 21, generally coinciding with midsummer's day.
United Kingdom[edit]
In the United Kingdom Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.[38] The day does not have a long tradition; The English Year (2006) states that it entered British popular culture "sometime after the Second World War, not without opposition".[72]
United States of America[edit]
Main article: Father's Day (United States)
In the US, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.[73] Typically, families gather to celebrate the father figures in their lives. In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by promoting greeting cards and gifts such as electronics and tools. Schools (if in session) and other children's programs commonly have activities to make Father's Day gifts. The U.S. Open golf tournament is scheduled to finish on Father's Day, as was the 2016 NBA Finals.
Ukraine[edit]
In Ukraine, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.
Venezuela[edit]
In Venezuela, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Traditionally, as on Mother's Day, families gather together and have lunch, usually at the grandparents' house. In recent years, families also started having lunch out, and as on Mother's Day, it is one of the busiest days for restaurants. At school, children handcraft their present for their fathers. Consumer goods companies have all sorts of special offers for fathers: electronics, suits, and men's healthcare products.
See also[edit]
Holidays portal
Mother's Day
National Grandparents Day
List of films set around Father's Day
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Myers, Robert J.; the editors of Hallmark Cards (1972). Celebrations: The Complete Book of American Holidays. Doubleday & Company. pp. 184–187. ISBN 0-385-07677-0.
Schmidt, Leigh Eric (1997). Consumer Rites: The Buying and Selling of American Holidays. Princeton University Press. pp. 275–292. ISBN 0-691-01721-2.
Larossa, Ralph (1997). The Modernization of Fatherhood: A Social and Political History. University of Chicago Press. pp. 90, 170–192. ISBN 0-226-46904-2.
External links[edit]
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Denroy Morgan is a Jamaican reggae artist. He was born in 1946 in May Pen in Clarendon, but left Jamaica in 1965 at the age of 19 and traveled to the United States to become a musician. He was part of the formation the Black Eagles, a New York City reggae band in the 1970s, before launching a prosperous solo career in the 1980s onwards. His children, encouraged by his success, have also taken on musical careers themselves including Laza Morgan, Gramps Morgan, and in family bands LMS and Morgan Heritage.
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1 In the Black Eagles
2 Solo career
3 Musical legacy
4 Discography
4.1 Albums
5 References
6 External links
In the Black Eagles[edit]
Denroy had started in the 1970s and created the Black Eagles, a reggae band in New York City in 1974 with Devon "Igo Levi" Foster and Llewellyn "Jah T" Breadwood.
The Black Eagles won the New York Reggae Music Festival in 1977, beginning Denroy's rise to fame that continued into the early 1980s. In 1981, Morgan had his most successful release with "I'll Do Anything For You," which featured musical backing from the Black Eagles and peaked at number nine on the American soul chart.[1] "I'll Do Anything For You" also peaked at number seven on the dance charts.[2] These successes helped to launch his solo reggae career.
Solo career[edit]
Denroy Morgan found success in the States in 1981 with the release of his I'll Do Anything for You album, when the title track became a big R&B and Dance hit. In the realm of reggae, however, Morgan's peak period was when he signed in 1984 with RCA Records. That deal led to the release of the reggae album Make My Day and marked him as the first reggae artist to be signed to RCA Records.
In March 2014 he announced that he was working on a new album, Half N Half, featuring cover versions of Bob Marley songs and excerpts from speeches by Haile Selassie, as well as working on an updated version of his memoirs, Confession Aloud.[3]
Musical legacy[edit]
His children were all musical growing up and have since formed two separate bands and one is a successful solo act.
The reggae band Morgan Heritage is made up of his children Peter "Peetah" Morgan, Una Morgan, Roy "Gramps" Morgan, Nakhamyah "Lukes" Morgan and Memmalatel "Mr. Mojo" Morgan.
The dancehall / hip hop band LMS is made up of his children, the trio Noshayah Morgan, Otiyah "Laza" Morgan and Miriam Morgan
Otiyah Morgan known as Laza Morgan is also a solo act with singles like "This Girl" and "One by One" the latter featuring Mavado. Other famous collaborations include being featured in Alexandra Burke's hit "Start Without You" and in Kristina Maria release "Co-Pilot"
Roy Morgan known as Gramps Morgan, in addition to being of Morgan Heritage, is also a successful solo act with two albums Two Sides of My Heart and Reggae Music Lives and was featured in India.Arie hit song "Therapy".
Roy "Gramps" Morgan's son Jemere Morgan has also launched a solo music career.[4] His debut single "First Kiss" was released in August 2011.
Discography[edit]
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2012)
Albums[edit]
I'll Do Anything For You (1981)
Make My Day (1984)
I'll Do Anything For You / Sweet Tender Love (1990) ROHIT Records
Salvation (1998)
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References[edit]
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 414.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 182.
Jump up ^ Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2014) ". In October 2016 he headlined the Gala Opening of the Peter Tosh Museum in Kingston, Jamaica. Before the close of 2016 he was awarded for Community Service in Harlem, NY. In April 2017 he released his return album MUZICAL UNITY distributed by VPAL and in June 2017, he reformed his band the Black Eagles. Shortly after they headlined the 26th International African Arts Festival in July & the Wingate Concert Series in August where he was awarded the key to the City of Brooklyn and he appeared numerous times in the NY and New England area. Denroy Looks to the East", Jamaica Observer, 26 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014
Jump up ^ Henry, Davina (2012) "Chatting With Gramps", Jamaica Gleaner, 2 July 2012, retrieved 2012-07-03
Jump up ^ Denroy Morgan discography @Discogs.com Retrieved 1-14-2012.
External links[edit]
Official website
Denroy Morgan on Myspace
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