|Little bouquets like this are being sold on the sides of the street and in grocery stores and flower shops. These are for "WOMAN'S DAY" which is celebrated apparently all over the world ... but, being an American... I was totally clueless about it.|
|Here's what it says on-line...||International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day, is marked on March 8 every year.
In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general
celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a
celebration for women's economic, political, and social achievements.
Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the
culture of many countries, primarily in Europe, including Russia. In
some regions, the day lost its political flavor, and became simply an
occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat
similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and Valentine's Day.
In other regions, however, the political and human rights theme
designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social
awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and
examined in a hopeful manner. This is a day which some people celebrate
by wearing purple ribbons. |
American Readers? Do you celebrate this day? Did you know about this day? Readers from other countries-- do you celebrate the day? If so, what do you do to make it a special day? What do others do to honor women on this day? It has been celebrated since the 1900's too.
International Women's Day has been observed since in the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.