How does Brazil mark Mother's Day?
Dia das Mães
- Local date
- May 9, 2027
- When is it?
- The second Sunday of May (officially established in 1932)
Brazil's Dia das Mães is the second Sunday in May, made official by President Getúlio Vargas in 1932. It is now one of the largest retail windows of the first half of the year, and the federal Chamber of Deputies even lights the congressional building pink for it. Religion, family and commerce stack on the same day: for many households it is Mass and lunch; for retail it is the second most important date of the year.
What is this topic?
Four places keep Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May; Indonesia keeps it on 22 December — and there it is not a day for thanking mothers but a political commemoration of the first Indonesian Women's Congress of 1928. This page compares how the day was established in each place: a congressional resolution, a statute that names it and explicitly gives no day off, a peak in the cut-flower trade, or the starting point of a women's movement.
Sources and dates
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