¡FELIZ DIA DEL AMIGO!
Día del Amigo (Spanish, Friend's Day) is a celebration of friendship, held annually on July 20 , mainly in Argentina and Uruguay , but also in some other countries. In my country is a HUGE celebration. You get your friends together, cook, drink, have fun with games, stories, remembering older times, lovely gathering!
The idea for Friend's Day goes back to Argentine teacher, musician, and dentist Enrique Febbraro, who lobbied to turn the anniversary of the first moon landing into an international day of friendship. He argued that on this particular day, the whole world had been friends of the three astronauts. The first official recognition of the day came with decree No. 235/79 by the government of the province of Buenos Aires, which authorized the celebration and gave it official nature.
In Argentina, Friend's Day is often a good excuse for a common friendly gathering, though people also employ the day to get in contact with old and seldom-met friends and greet them. Since it is not a public holiday in Argentina , the gatherings tend to happen during the evening. It's also a common custom to give presents to your close friends as a sign of friendship.
Though Friend's Day has always been respected, in recent years it has turned into a very popular mass phenomenon. In 2005, too many well-wishing friends led to a temporary breakdown of the mobile phone network in the cities of Buenos Aires , Córdoba and Rosario, comparable to the one experienced in 2004 on Christmas and New Year's Day. It is always reported seats in most restaurants, bars and other establishments are always booked completely a week before the celebration.
A mis amigos en Argentina les mando un abrazo gigante y les digo que se los extraña bastante por estas tierras...
¡Salud, Amigos! ¡FELIZ DIA!!
posted by iGnacio at
Friday, July 20, 2007
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