subject: Role Of Flowers And Gifts In Mothers Day [print this page] We have imbibed the celebration of the occasion from the western countries where the day is celebrated with even more excitement than it is in India. In the US, for instance, the day is celebrated as an annual national holiday. The festival, however, did not originate in the US. The earliest known concept of such a celebration was found in Ancient Greece during the spring season. During this, the Greeks honored Goddess Rhea who was the mother of all Gods. Another known celebration from the early days is that of Mothering Sunday. The English celebrated Mothering Sunday in the 1600s. This was celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent. On this day, all servants would be encouraged to go back home to their mothers and carry a special cake known as the Mothering Cake with them.
Nothing much has changed in the centuries since. All human beings love and respect their mothers and always remember how much she did and continues to do for them till her last day. A day like Mothers Day gives us an opportunity to express our deep-seated emotions towards our mothers. This is the reason the day has found such quick acceptance in India. On Mothers Day today in India, we remember our mothers and also the mother figures in our religion like Durga Maa and Kali Maa. Mothers are truly revered and venerated across all cultures and especially so in Indian culture. Right from bringing another life into the planet to feeding, nourishing and cleaning the child, to lending a helping hand and a supportive ear throughout life and during times of stress, perhaps no one does as much for a child as a mother does.
Therefore, it is imperative that on Mothers Day, you make your mother feel special through gifts, flowers, chocolates and cards among other things that make her feel truly valued and precious. Flowers are an important part of Mothers Day celebrations in the western countries. Carnations have almost come to represent the day and people wear a carnation on this day as part of a custom. If ones mother is alive, one is expected to wear a red carnation ad if she is no more, a white one.
You can send Fresh Flowers to India for Mothers Day using online gifting portals that offer assured delivery services. Flowers can prove to be a particularly thoughtful, fragrant and colorful item to give to your mother and their fragrance will act as a symbol of the love and affection you have for her. You can also send Mothers Day gifts to India using the services provided by such websites.
