On this occasion, I decided to search the Internet and find some facts about how people (and mostly women) spend today's day all over the world.
- In Russia, the feast of ladies is a day off from work.
- Vietnam celebrates this festival twice a year - March 8 and October 20.
- United Kingdom focuses on education. On this day one can take part in various meetings and lectures, for example about equality.
- In Italy, celebrations on March 8 start a week earlier - posters and leaflets symbolizing the holiday hang on the walls and pillars. On Women's Day, every lady is given a bouquet of flowers. Interestingly, women also give gifts to their friends, mothers, sisters or friends.
- In Portugal and Romania, women generally celebrate Women's Day without men. On the night of March 8, women meet at a party.
- Women's Day is prohibited in Iran (until there the situation is quite logical and understandable, after all Iran is a Muslim state). In 2007, Iranian police beat 100 people who planned the gathering on this occasion and arrested many women (but here it already sounds very disquieting). Source: https://www.refworld.org/docid/469f5bc91e.html
- If I remember well, in Spain, Women's Day is primarily a day of protests, public demonstrations, in which women oppose violence, social inequalities and abuses. Posters are hung everywhere.
- In Poland, I suppose this day looks different in every place depending on family traditions and individual preferences.
When I lived with my family, I remember that on Women's Day my mother and I always got flowers and sweets. This day was a real celebration. Now, when I live alone, I celebrate it in my own way, so if you know me a bit, you can guess there's a theater ticket for tonight on the desk next to me.
- Vietnam celebrates this festival twice a year - March 8 and October 20.
- In Italy, celebrations on March 8 start a week earlier - posters and leaflets symbolizing the holiday hang on the walls and pillars. On Women's Day, every lady is given a bouquet of flowers. Interestingly, women also give gifts to their friends, mothers, sisters or friends.
- Women's Day is prohibited in Iran (until there the situation is quite logical and understandable, after all Iran is a Muslim state). In 2007, Iranian police beat 100 people who planned the gathering on this occasion and arrested many women (but here it already sounds very disquieting). Source: https://www.refworld.org/docid/469f5bc91e.html
When I lived with my family, I remember that on Women's Day my mother and I always got flowers and sweets. This day was a real celebration. Now, when I live alone, I celebrate it in my own way, so if you know me a bit, you can guess there's a theater ticket for tonight on the desk next to me.
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