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Friendship Day Facebook Covers: International Friendship Day is a day for celebrating friendship. The day has been celebrated in several southern South American countries for many years, particularly in Paraguay, where the first World Friendship Day was proposed in 1958.
Friendship Day celebrations occur on different dates in different countries. The first World Friendship Day was proposed for 30 July in 1958, by the World Friendship Crusade. On 27 April 2011 the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 30 July as official International Friendship Day. However, some countries, including India, celebrate Friendship Day on the 1st Sunday of August.
Friendship Day Facebook Covers
Friendship Day Facebook Covers
Here’s when Friendship Day is celebrated around the world:
- Argentina: July 20
- Bolivia: July 23
- Brazil: July 20
- Colombia: Second Saturday of March
- Ecuador: July 14
- Estonia: July 14
- Finland: July 30
- India: First Sunday of August
- Malaysia: First Sunday of August
- Mexico: July 14
- Pakistan: July 19
- Spain: July 20
- Uruguay: July 20
- United States: February 15
- Venezuela: July 14
The day is celebrated by exchanging wishes and gifts among friends. They plan a day out to celebrate their friendship and also tie friendship bands around each other’s wrists. It’s a day when friends come together and spend quality time reminiscing their friendship journey.
