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Mothers Day in Bolivia
ESPAÑOL: Día de la Madre
After Christmas, Mothers Day (May 27th each year) is probably the most celebrated holiday in Bolivia. Mothers are virtually revered here. For flower shops and bakeries this is the biggest sales day of the year. Bolivians are very into special occasions and this is no exception. People celebrate not only their own mothers, but send congratulations, and possibly gifts and flowers, to all their friends who are mothers. Moms, grandmothers, aunts, cousins, sisters, wives – no one is left out. It is not unusual, even if you are a woman for example, to call or visit your girlfriends who are mothers and even to send them flowers or a gift. Families (usually large, extended families) get together on Mother's Day to celebrate with dinner or a very elaborate, fancy tea. Moms get extra special attention from school children too. Schools prepare for Mothers Day weeks in advance and frequently invite students’ families to the school. Students recite poems, sing songs, put on plays, and give their mothers handcrafts they’ve made specially for this occasion. During recent years, some schools have preferred to have a Family Day instead of celebrating Fathers Day and Mother's Day separately. Entire families spend the school day playing games and competing against one another. It’s really very fun! Parents take the day off from work to attend. Of course children only attend school four hours a day here, so it's not difficult to get a morning or an afternoon off to participate. Local newspapers run articles weeks in advance in which local celebrities, models and other well-knowns give homage to their mothers. I love this day! I think it’s absolutely ridiculously lavish and wonderful that so much attention is paid to moms – but then, I would say that. I am one. Happy Bolivian Mother’s Day!! Feliz Día de la Madre!! What's the difference between Mothers Day and
Mothering Day?

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