Today Friendship Day is being celebrated with pomp across the country. This day is celebrated every year in the first week of August.
New Delhi: Friendship Day is being celebrated with pomp across the country today. This day is celebrated every year in the first week of August. On this day all friends celebrate their love. This day is dedicated to friendship and to make it special, people meet friends, party with them and also gift friendship belts to their companions. But do you know why Friendship Day is celebrated every year on the first Sunday of August. Actually there is an interesting story behind this which we are going to tell you.
Why is Friendship Day celebrated only in the first week of August?
Every year everyone celebrates Friendship Day with pomp in the first week of August. There is also a reason behind celebrating this day in the first week. It is believed that a man was murdered in America on the first Sunday of August in 1935. The man who was murdered had a very good friend. As soon as he got the news of his friend’s death, that friend was disheartened. After hearing this news the man committed suicide.
As soon as the news of this suicide came to light, the US government, seeing this form of friendship and attachment, decided to celebrate the first Sunday of August as Friendship Day. After this decision of the government, gradually this day was celebrated with pomp first in America and then all over the world. People wait for this day throughout the year.
importance of friendship day
Friends play an important role in our life. This life is incomplete without friends. We get to learn a lot from friends and sometimes they go away by teaching us the true meaning of living. This day is celebrated to thank these friends. On this day we should thank all our friends for being with them and pray for their happiness.
