(See El Dia de Los Muertos)Īs a mother of a Mexican, I have to say, Mexico’s Mother’s Day celebrations have a way of making a mother feel honored. A mother is still a mother, even after death. Visits to the panteon (cemetery) are also common. Families often gather for a traditional meal in honor of the matriarch. Mothers are treated to bouquets of flowers and chocolates from their children. The church outdoes itself with a special morning mass for all mothers, sometimes accompanied with atole and tamales. Just as is done with the ultimate Mexican mother, La Virgen de Guadalupe, it is very common to hear mariachi serenading mamas with Las Mananitas at dawn. La Virgen de Guadalupe, Mother of the Americas After all, Mexico recognizes La Virgen de Guadalupe as the mother of Mexico (See La Virgen de Guadalupe) and what could be more honorable for a Mexican woman than to follow her example? As a result, the Archbishop of Mexico gave his official blessing to the holiday. The Catholic Church took up the call as a way to discourage family planning and reduce the threat of feminism. People in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and others in the diaspora across the world observe this. In his article, Alducin stressed the sanctity of motherhood as one of Mexico’s traditional and fundamental values. Mother's Day, or Dia de las Madres, is celebrated every year on the same date: May 10. In Mexico, May 10 th was chosen way back in 1911 but didn’t get much attention until 1922, after Rafael Alducin wrote an article in the journal El Hogar supporting the idea of celebrating Mother’s Day. En México, su origen fue en 1916, cuando el Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán, respaldó a las mujeres en su búsqueda por obtener sus derechos sexuales, así como lograr una maternidad libre y consiente materializado en el primer Congreso Feminista. It’s a fixed holiday, so the day it falls on is the day it is observed as opposed to the Sunday jumping that occurs in the U.S. El origen del día de las madres en México. It’s not an official day off, although all kindergartens and elementary schools, both private and public, have class suspensions for some sort of civic event, whether singing, theater or art, to show appreciation for mom. This little guy makes me the proud mother of a Mexican!
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