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International Day of Friendship 2021

The first Sunday of August is celebrated as Friendship Day in India. This year, the first Sunday will fall on August 1. The day is dedicated to the importance of friendships and how it shapes us as people. It is the purest form of human relationships that is not strung by blood but by love.

The day was first celebrated in 1935 to celebrate the strong bonds and dedication between friends despite several differences of caste, colour, race, and culture. Friendship as the most pious bond of human beings that is based on faith, trust, and companionship.

This day was first proposed in 1958 in Paraguay. However, it is known to have originated in 1930 from Hallmark cards, by Joyce Hall. On April 27, 2011, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared July 30 as official International Friendship Day to promote and encourage peace, happiness, and unity.

Since, then, many other countries have adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to friends and soon it became International Friendship Day. Friendship day is celebrated on different dates in different countries across the world. India and Malaysia celebrate Friendship Day on the first Sunday of August, Oberlin, Ohio, celebrate this day on April 8 every year.

Argentina, observes it on July 20, Bolivia on July 23, Brazil and Spain on July 20, Colombia on the Second Saturday of March, Finland on July 30, Mexico and Venezuela on July 14 and the United States on February 15.


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