Mother's Day is one of the most special festivities that we have in our calendar, and with the arrival of the month of May we take the opportunity to pay tribute to all the mothers in the world.
This festivity does not have a fixed day, but its date may vary as it is celebrated on the second Sunday of the month.

What is the origin of Mother's Day?

The origin of this holiday goes back much further than we can imagine. It was in Ancient Egypt, in 2,100 BC, where they began to worship the goddess Isis as 'the great mother goddess', although it was not until Ancient Greece that they began to worship Rhea, mother of Olympus. This tradition was also adopted by the Romans, who went on to worship the goddess Cybele, the Mother goddess, for three days a year, to whom they brought flowers.

This date has not always been the date on which Mother's Day was celebrated, since in 1854, Pope Pius IX decided to establish 8 December as the day of homage to the Virgin Mary, defining it as the day of the Immaculate Conception and also as Mother's Day. The United States decided to move its tradition to the month of May, choosing the second Sunday of this month.

The activist Julia Ward Home was one of the driving forces behind the day, following a demonstration in Boston at the end of the 19th century in which she brought together all the mothers of families who were victims of the Civil War. As early as 1914, President Wilson Woodrow announced Mother's Day as an official celebration on the second Sunday in May, the date on which the mother of another of its promoters, Anna Reves Jarvis, died, and to whom he paid tribute every second Sunday in May.

Mother's Day is celebrated in Ecuador on the second Sunday of May every year. It is a date that celebrates the figure of the mother for her unconditional love and the capacity for devotion and dedication that all mothers have for their children.

The meaning of Mother's Day is to remember and recognise all those mothers in the world, who without their help and support, children's lives would not be filled with love and care, it is a celebration that honours the figure of mothers in society and validates their important work as educators and teachers of life. Mothers are the fundamental element of families, they offer their unconditional support and infinite love to children, accompanying them in their formation and filling them with human values.

In Ecuador, Mother's Day is a very special day; shops are full of offers for this day, when many take the opportunity to buy a gift for their mothers: make-up, body creams, perfumes and clothes are the most popular. Also, for this day, many buyers prefer to give household appliances, microwaves, blenders, coffee makers, as a way of making their mothers' daily chores easier. The flower market also increases on this date, as well as visits to restaurants.

Some prefer to take their mothers out for a meal or present a small gift such as flowers and cards to remind them of how important they are, while this is one option many take their mothers to a spa day, a fancy restaurant or a trip to a nearby city.

In Samari Spa every year we offer different promotions for the queen of the home, if you want to give something special to mum, contact us and find out about this year's promotions.