History of Mother's Day

History of Mother's Day

 

Jasmine a flower, a sacred symbol of love.
Mom Indonesia, the nation's budding builder.
Sacrificing conscious dreams, is achieved with a hard-working man.
Freedom execute bhakti on Mother Earth

That fragment Hymn Mother's Day, would have been very familiar to the public servants who follow Mother's Day Ceremony. The reason is because the song is always sung at every memorial day mother.
Jasmine a flower, a sacred symbol of love. Um not very beautiful, fragrant jasmine scent throughout the day as a sacred symbol of love. Yes, Mother's Day is the symbol of a flower with jasmine blossom. It certainly did not know the history of why Jasmine emblem of Mother's Day.
The symbol is used to describe three things: natural affection between mother and child; strength, purity between mother and child sacrifice; women to raise awareness of unity, sincerity and devotion in the development of the nation state.
Though Memorial Day Mother Indonesia is meant to constantly remind the people of Indonesia, especially the younger generation, that how great women fighters merit the dignity of women to fight for unity, unity and independence of Indonesia. The essence of Mother's Day in Indonesia is the Indonesian nationalism womanhood. Benih2nya preparation during the war of independence and freedom.
In contrast to the history of the enactment of Mother's Day, Mother's Day is now celebrated by the Indonesian people not only to appreciate the merits of women fighters, but also the services of women as a whole, both as a mother and wife as well as citizens, residents, and as a servant of God Almighty One, as well as a fighter in the independence to national development.That is the purpose of frills 'Indonesia' in the title of this post. There are Mother's Day and Mother's Day Indonesia hihi
Well celebration is more common now in tribute to the mother who gave birth to us, personally. It is clear from the status of your friends on facebook, tweet on twitter or YM. At Blackberry Messenger is equally, all the changing profile pic with a photo with her / his mother respectively."Happy Mother's Day ...", "I Love Mom ..." it's a few sentences at most appear today.
A year ago, ditanggal the same time, I also wrote a post titled "Every Day is Mother's Day", not to downplay this Mother's Day but to me every day is a special day for mothers, especially mine which is not the same every time they could meet the mother because separated a distance :)
Want to know how the real history of Mother's Day in Indonesia?
Leaders of women associations inspired to unite in a single container Youth Pledge and independent while Indonesia Raya song was sung on October 28, 1928 the Indonesian Youth Congress. At that time most of the bevy of women is still a part of the organization's youth movement warrior nation.
Furthermore, on the initiative of the women fighters of the independence movement on 22-25 December 1928 Indonesian Women's Congress held the first in Yogyakarta. One decision is in the shape of the organization known as the Engagement Perkoempoelan Perempoean Indonesia (GN).
Through interwoven unity of spirit GN women to jointly fight the men increase the dignity of Indonesia became an independent nation, and fight together women to enhance the dignity of Indonesian women being women advanced.
In 1929 GN renamed commitments wife Perkoempoelan Indonesia (PPII). In 1935 the Women's Congress held in Jakarta Indonesia II. The Congress succeeded in addition to establishing the Indonesian Women's Congress, also set the main function of Indonesian Women as Mother of the Nation, the obligation to cultivate and educate a new generation is more aware and thicker sense of nationality.
In 1938 Indonesian Women's Congress III in London stated that the date of December 22 as Mother's Day.In 1946 the agency became Indonesian Women's Congress in brief KOWANI, which until now has continued acting in accordance aspirations and demands of the times. Major events that occurred on December 22, is then used as a milestone for Indonesian Women's Movement Unity.Furthermore, the Government confirmed by Presidential Decree No. 316 Year 1959 National Days Holiday Not dated December 16, 1959, which determined that Mother's Day is the day on December 22 and is not a national holiday.
At the congress in Bandung in 1952 created a monument proposed. The following year made the laying of the first stone construction Heroine by Mrs. Sukanto Hall (Chairman of the First Congress). Then inaugurated by Minister Maria Ulfah (First Woman Minister appointed in 1950) in 1956.Finally in 1983, President Soeharto inaugurated the monument complex whole into Mandala Bhakti Wanitatama on Jl. Laksda Adisucipto, Jogjakarta.History is also posted on the office site www.setneg.go.id