Indonesia observes Mother’s Day on December 22 every year.

Unlike Mother’s Day in other countries, Mother’s Day in Indonesia is a commemoration based on the setting of the first Indonesian Women’s Congress held from December 22 to 25, 1928. At that time, at least 600 women from dozens of women’s associations, women of all ethnic, religious, occupational and age backgrounds participated in this Congress.

Indonesia is still in the Congress held during the Dutch colonialism period. The Congress did not discuss how women, especially mothers, should be respected and pampered on certain days. The main goal is to increase the degree to which women are empowered in all aspects of life, such as marriage, education, association or organization. Later, after Indonesia gained independence in 1945, the government of the Republic of Indonesia took December 22, 1928 as the opening date of the first Indonesian Women’s Congress as the anniversary of Mother’s Day. President Sukarno officially declared December 22 as Mother’s Day in Indonesia by Presidential Decree No. 316 of 1953.

When is Mother’s Day in various countries?

The vast majority of countries in the world, such as China, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia and Belgium, celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May.

Norway: Mother’s Day is set on the second Sunday in February.

Argentina: Celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in October.

Lebanon: Celebrate Mother’s Day on the first day of spring.

South Africa: Mother’s Day is set on the first Sunday in May.

Yugoslavia: Serbs in Yugoslavia call Mother’s Day Materice and celebrate it every year in the first two weeks of Christmas.

Mother’s Day in Spain and Portugal is a day to commemorate the Virgin Mary on December 8th, and it is also a holiday for children to express their love for their mothers.

Sweden: Celebrate Mother’s Day on the last Sunday in May.

Egypt: The last Friday in March is Mother’s Day in Egypt every year.

India: The 5th of April is Mother’s Day in India.

Central Africa: The traditional Mother’s Day is celebrated in the Central African Republic on the 29th of May every year.

France: The 29th of May is Mother’s Day in France every year.

Thailand: The 12th of August is Mother’s Day in Thailand every year.

Canada: The second Sunday of May is “Mother’s Day” every year.

Switzerland: The 1st to 4th of January is “Women in Power Day” every year.

Greece: The 8th of January every year is “Women’s Takeover Day” in the town of Innoclessia.

Germany: In the annual carnival, there is another special event for women, “Women’s Day”.

United Kingdom: The fourth Sunday of Lent (referring to the forty days before Easter, excluding Sundays) is “MotheringSunday”.

Mexico: December 12th is “Notre Dame” in Mexico.