17 June Father's Day 2018 in India

Father's Day
Observed by	40+ countries
Type	Worldwide
Significance	Honors fathers and fatherhood
Date	Varies per country
Frequency	Annual
Related to	Children's Day, Siblings Day, Mother's Day, Parents' Day, Grandparents Day

Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. In Catholic Europe, it has been celebrated on March 19 (St. Joseph's Day) since the Middle Ages. This celebration was brought by the Spanish and Portuguese to Latin America, where March 19 is often still used for it, though many countries in Europe and the Americas have adopted the U.S. date, which is the third Sunday of June (falling on June 17 in 2018). It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March, April and June. It complements similar celebrations honouring family members, such as Mother's Day, Siblings Day and Grandparents' Day.

History and traditions[edit]

Early history[edit]

A customary day for the celebration of fatherhood in Catholic Europe is known to date back to at least the Middle Ages, and it is observed on 19 March, as the feast day of Saint Joseph, who is referred to as the fatherly Nutritor Domini ("Nourisher of the Lord") in Catholicism and "the putative father of Jesus" in southern European tradition. This celebration was brought to the Americas by the Spanish and Portuguese, and in Latin America, Father's Day is still celebrated on 19 March. The Catholic church actively supported the custom of a celebration of fatherhood on St. Joseph's day from either the last years of the 14th century or from the early 15th century, apparently on the initiative of the Franciscans.

In the Coptic Church, the celebration of fatherhood is also observed on St Joseph's Day, but the Copts observe this celebration on July 20. This Coptic celebration may date back to the fifth century.^{[citation needed]}

In the US[edit]

Beginnings[edit]

Father's Day was not celebrated in the US, outside Catholic traditions, until the 20th century. As a civic celebration in the US, it was inaugurated in the early 20th century to complement Mother's Day by celebrating fathers and male parenting.

During the Father's Day luncheon held at the Pacific Views Event Center, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

After Anna Jarvis' successful promotion of Mother's Day in Grafton, West Virginia, the first observance of a "Father's Day" was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia, in the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church.^[1] Grace Golden Clayton was mourning the loss of her father, when in December 1907, the Monongah Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. Clayton suggested that her pastor Robert Thomas Webb honor all those fathers.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Clayton's event did not have repercussions outside Fairmont for several reasons, among them: the city was overwhelmed by other events, the celebration was never promoted outside the town itself and no proclamation of it was made by the city council. Also, two events overshadowed this event: the celebration of Independence Day July 4, 1908, with 12,000 attendants and several shows including a hot air balloon event, which took over the headlines in the following days, and the death of a 16-year-old girl on July 4. The local church and council were overwhelmed and they did not even think of promoting the event, and it was not celebrated again for many years. The original sermon was not reproduced by the press and it was lost. Finally, Clayton was a quiet person, who never promoted the event and never talked to other persons about it.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Failed attempts at establishing a Father's Day[edit]

In 1911, Jane Addams proposed that a citywide Father's Day celebration be held in Chicago, but she was turned down.^[6]

In 1912, there was a Father's Day celebration in Vancouver, Washington, suggested by Methodist pastor J. J. Berringer of the Irvington Methodist Church. They mistakenly believed that they had been the first to celebrate such a day.^[1] They followed a 1911 suggestion by the Portland Oregonian.^[6]

Harry C. Meek, a member of Lions Clubs International, claimed that he had first come up with the idea for Father's Day in 1915.^[1]^[6] Meek said that the third Sunday in June was chosen because it was his birthday.^[6] The Lions Club has named him the "Originator of Father's Day".^[1] Meek made many efforts to promote Father's Day and make it an official holiday.^[1]^[6]

Establishment of the holiday[edit]

On June 19, 1910, a Father's Day celebration was held at the YMCA in Spokane, Washington by Sonora Smart Dodd.^[7]^[8] Her father, the civil war veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who raised his six children there.^[7] She was also a member of Old Centenary Presbyterian Church (now Knox Presbyterian Church),^[9] where she first proposed the idea. After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909 at Central Methodist Episcopal Church, she told her pastorthat fathers should have a similar holiday to honor them.^[7] Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors did not have enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday in June.^[1]^[6] Several local clergymen accepted the idea, and on June 19, 1910, the first Father's Day, "sermons honoring fathers were presented throughout the city".^[10]

Bangladeshi father with son and daughter

However, in the 1920s, Dodd stopped promoting the celebration because she was studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, and it faded into relative obscurity, even in Spokane.^[11] In the 1930s, Dodd returned to Spokane and started promoting the celebration again, raising awareness at a national level.^[12] She had the help of those trade groups that would benefit most from the holiday, for example the manufacturers of ties, tobacco pipes, and any traditional present for fathers.^[13] By 1938, she had the help of the Father's Day Council, founded by the New York Associated Men's Wear Retailers to consolidate and systematize the holiday's commercial promotion.^[14] Americans resisted the holiday for its first few decades, viewing it as nothing more than an attempt by merchants to replicate the commercial success of Mother's Day, and newspapers frequently featured cynical and sarcastic attacks and jokes.^[15] However, the said merchants remained resilient and even incorporated these attacks into their advertisements.^[16]By the mid-1980s, the Father's Day Council wrote, "(...) [Father's Day] has become a Second Christmas for all the men's gift-oriented industries."^[17]

Father's Day in Deventer, Holland

A bill to accord national recognition of the holiday was introduced in Congress in 1913.^[18] In 1916, President Woodrow Wilsonwent to Spokane to speak at a Father's Day celebration^[19] and he wanted to make it an officially recognized federal holiday, but Congress resisted, fearing that it would become commercialized.^[20] US President Calvin Coolidge recommended in 1924 that the day be observed throughout the entire nation, but he stopped short at issuing a national proclamation.^[19] Two earlier attempts to formally recognize the holiday had been defeated by Congress.^[19]^[21] In 1957, Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith wrote a Father's Day proposal accusing Congress of ignoring fathers for 40 years while honoring mothers, thus "[singling] out just one of our two parents".^[21] In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.^[20] Six years later, the day was made a permanent national holiday when President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972.^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]

In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries on November 19 in honor of men and boys who are not fathers.

Spelling[edit]

In the United States, Dodd used the "Fathers' Day" spelling on her original petition for the holiday,^[7] but the spelling "Father's Day" was already used in 1913 when a bill was introduced to the U.S. Congress as the first attempt to establish the holiday,^[18] and it was still spelled the same way when its creator was commended in 2008 by the U.S. Congress.^[23]

Dates around the world[edit]

The officially recognized date of Father's Day varies from country to country. This section lists some significant examples, in order of date of observance.

Gregorian calendar
Occurrence	Dates	Country
February 23		Russia (Defender of the Fatherland Day^[24])*
St Joseph's Day	March 19	Andorra (Dia del Pare) Angola Belgium (Antwerp) Bolivia Croatia^[25] Honduras^[26] Italy (Festa del papà) Liechtenstein Mozambique (Dia do Pai) Portugal (Dia do Pai) Spain (Día del Padre) Switzerland (Canton Ticino)
May 7		Kazakhstan
May 8		South Korea (Parents' Day)
Second Sunday in May	May 14, 2017 May 13, 2018 May 12, 2019	Romania^[27] (Ziua Tatălui)
Third Sunday in May	May 21, 2017 May 20, 2018 May 19, 2019	Tonga
Ascension Day	May 25, 2017 May 10, 2018 May 30, 2019	Germany
First Sunday in June	Jun 4, 2017 Jun 3, 2018 Jun 2, 2019	Lithuania (Tėvo diena) Switzerland
June 5		Denmark^[28] (also Constitution Day)
Second Sunday in June	Jun 11, 2017 Jun 10, 2018 Jun 9, 2019	Austria Belgium
Third Sunday in June	Jun 18, 2017 Jun 17, 2018 Jun 16, 2019 Jun 21, 2020	Afghanistan Algeria Albania Antigua and Barbuda Argentina^[29] Aruba Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belize Bermuda Bosnia and Herzegovina Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Canada Chad Chile^[30] China** Colombia Comoros Costa Rica^[31] Cuba^[32] Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Dominica Ecuador Ethiopia France Georgia Ghana Greece Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Ireland Isle of Man Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Kenya Kuwait Laos Macao Mali Madagascar Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritius Mexico^[33] Mozambique (Nao e o dia) Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Nigeria Oman Pakistan Panama^[34] Paraguay Peru^[35] Philippines^[36] Puerto Rico Qatar Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saudi Arabia Senegal Singapore Sierra Leone Slovakia South Africa Sri Lanka Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine^[37] United Kingdom^[38] United States Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe^[39]
June 17		El Salvador^[40] Guatemala^[41]
June 21		Egypt Jordan Kosovo Lebanon Syria United Arab Emirates
June 22		Guernsey Jersey
June 23		Nicaragua Poland
Last Sunday in June	Jun 25, 2017 Jun 24, 2018 Jun 30, 2019	Haiti
Second Sunday in July	Jul 9, 2017 Jul 8, 2018 Jul 14, 2019	Uruguay
Last Sunday in July	Jul 30, 2017 Jul 29, 2018 Jul 28, 2019	Dominican Republic
August 8		Taiwan Mongolia
Second Sunday in August	Aug 13, 2017 Aug 12, 2018 Aug 11, 2019	Brazil Samoa
Last Monday in August	Aug 28, 2017 Aug 27, 2018 Aug 26, 2019	South Sudan
First Sunday in September	Sep 3, 2017 Sep 2, 2018 Sep 1, 2019	Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea
Second Sunday in September	Sep 10, 2017 Sep 9, 2018 Sep 8, 2019	Latvia
First Sunday in October	Oct 1, 2017 Oct 7, 2018 Oct 6, 2019	Luxembourg
Second Sunday in November	Nov 12, 2017 Nov 11, 2018 Nov 10, 2019	Estonia (Isadepäev) Finland (Isänpäivä) Iceland Norway Sweden
November 12		Indonesia
December 5		Thailand (The birthday of King Bhumibol)^[42]

Hindu calendar
Definition	Sample dates	Country/territory
Bhadrapada Amavasya (Gokarna Aunsi)	Between August 30 and September 30	Nepal^[43]
Islamic calendar
Occurrence	Sample dates	Country/territory
13 Rajab, Ali Ibn Abi Talib birthday	April 21, 2016 April 10, 2017	Iran Kuwait Bahrain Iraq Oman Qatar Egypt Yemen Syria Lebanon Somalia Sudan Mauritania

*Officially, as the name suggests, the holiday celebrates people who are serving or were serving the Russian Armed Forces (both men and women). But the congratulations are traditionally, nationally accepted by all fathers, other adult men and male children as well. **In China during the Republican period prior to 1949, Father's Day on August 8 was first held in Shanghai in 1945.

International history and traditions[edit]

Argentina[edit]

Father's Day in Argentina is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.

There have been attempts to change the date to August 24, to commemorate the day on which the Father of the Nation José de San Martín became a father.^[29] In 1953, the proposal to celebrate Father's Day in all educational establishments on August 24, in honor of José de San Martín, was raised to the General Direction of Schools of Mendoza Province. The day was celebrated for the first time in 1958, on the third Sunday of June, but it was not included in the school calendars due to pressure from several groups.^[44]

Schools in the Mendoza Province continued to celebrate Father's Day on August 24, and, in 1982, the provincial governor passed a law declaring Father's Day in the province to be celebrated on that day.^[44]

In 2004, a proposal to change the date to August 24 were presented to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies as a single, unified project.

Aruba[edit]

In Aruba, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

Australia[edit]

In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September, which is the first Sunday of Spring in Australia, and is not a public holiday. At school, children handcraft their present for their fathers. Consumer goods companies have all sorts of special offers for fathers: socks, ties, electronics, suits, and men's healthcare products. Most families present fathers with gifts and cards, and share a meal to show appreciation, much like Mother's Day.

YMCA Victoria continues the tradition of honouring the role fathers and father figures play in parenting through the annual awarding of Local Community Father of the Year in 32 municipalities in Victoria. The Father's Day Council of Victoria annually recognises fathers in the Father of the Year Award.^[45]

Austria[edit]

In Austria, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of June and it is not a public holiday.

Belgium[edit]

In Belgium, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of June and it is not a public holiday.

Brazil[edit]

In Brazil Father's Day (Dia dos Pais, in Portuguese) is celebrated three months after Mother's Day, on the second Sunday of August. Publicist Sylvio Bhering picked the day in honor of Saint Joachim, patron of fathers. While it is not an official holiday (see Public holidays in Brazil), it is widely observed and typically involves spending time with and giving gifts to one's father or father figure.

Canada[edit]

In Canada, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Father's Day typically involves spending time with one's father or the father figures in one's life. Small family gatherings and the giving of gifts may be part of the festivities organized for Father's Day.

China[edit]

In People's Republic of China, the official Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. This date was set according to international norms.

Prior to the People's Republic, when the Republic of China (1912-1949) governed from Nanjing, Father's Day was celebrated on August 8. This was determined by the fact that the eighth (ba) day of the eighth (ba) month makes two "eights" (八八, ba-ba), which sounds similar to the colloquial word for "daddy" (ba-ba，爸爸). It is still celebrated on this date in areas still under the control of the Republic of China, including in Taiwan.

Costa Rica[edit]

In Costa Rica, the Unidad Social Cristiana party presented a bill to change the celebration of Father's Day from the third Sunday of June to March 19, the day of Saint Joseph.^[46] That was in order to give tribute to this saint, who gave his name to the capital of the country San José, Costa Rica, and so family heads will be able to celebrate the Father's Day at the same time as the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker.^[31] The official date is still the third Sunday of June.

Croatia[edit]

In Croatia, according to the Roman Catholic tradition, fathers are celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day (Dan svetog Josipa), March 19. It is not a public holiday.

Denmark[edit]

In Denmark, Father's Day is celebrated on June 5.^[28] It coincides with Constitution Day.

Estonia[edit]

In Estonia, Father's day ("Isadepäev") is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is an established flag day and a national holiday.

Finland[edit]

In Finland, Father's Day (Isänpäivä, Fars dag) is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is an established flag day.

France[edit]

In France lighter manufacturer "Flaminaire" introduced the idea of father's day first in 1949 for commercial reasons. Director "Marcel Quercia" wanted to sell their lighter in France. In 1950, they introduced "la Fête des Pères", which would take place every third Sunday of June (following the American example). Their slogan « Nos papas nous l'ont dit, pour la fête des pères, ils désirent tous un Flaminaire » (Our fathers told us, for father's day, they all want a Flaminaire). In 1952, the holiday was officially decreed. A national father's day committee was set up to give a prize for fathers that deserved it most (originally, candidates were nominated by the social services of each town hall's/mayor's office); This complements "la Fête des Mères" (Mother's day) which was made official in France in 1928 and added to the calendar in Vichy in 1941.

Germany[edit]

Hiking tour on father's day with smaller wagons

In Germany, Father's Day (Vatertag) is celebrated differently from other parts of the world.^[47] It is always celebrated on Ascension Day (the Thursday forty days after Easter), which is a federal holiday. Regionally, it is also called men's day, Männertag, or gentlemen's day, Herrentag. It is tradition for groups of males (young and old but usually excluding pre-teenage boys) to do a hiking tour with one or more smaller wagons, Bollerwagen, pulled by manpower. In the wagons are wine or beer (according to region) and traditional regional food, Hausmannskost. Many men use this holiday as an opportunity to get drunk.^[47] According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, alcohol-related traffic accidents multiply by three on this day.^[48] The tradition of Father's Day is especially prevalent in Eastern Germany.^[47]

These traditions are probably rooted in Christian Ascension Day's processions to the farmlands, which has been celebrated since the 18th century.^[49]^[50] Men would be seated in a wooden cart and carried to the village's plaza, and the mayor would award a prize to the father who had the most children, usually a big piece of ham.^[49] In the late 19th century the religious component was progressively lost, especially in urban areas such as Berlin, and groups of men organized walking excursions with beer and ham.^[49] By the 20th century, alcohol consumption had become a major part of the tradition.^[49]^[51] Many people will take the following Friday off at work, and some schools are closed on that Friday as well; many people then use the resulting four-day-long weekend for a short vacation.

Greece[edit]

Father's Day, is observed on the feast day of Fathers, It is celebrated as a public international day, the third Sunday of June. In Europe like on the world, is becomme a manifestation of divorced fathers and this day is inaugurate by the Professor Dr Nicolas Spitalas (http://spitalas.blogspot.com) who created the International Movement of Dads. His Association SYGAPA (Men's and Father's Dignity (www.sos-sygapa.eu) is the bigest movement on the world (35.000 members). In Greece, like in Europe, this day is named (Fête des Peres/Feast of Fathers)

Haiti[edit]

In Haiti, Father's Day (Fête des peres) is celebrated on the last Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Fathers are recognized and celebrated on this day with cards, gifts, breakfast, lunch brunch or early Sunday dinner; whether enjoying the day at the beach or mountains, spending family time or doing favourite activities .

Children exclaim "bonne fête papa", while everyone wishes all fathers "bonne Fête des Pères". (Happy Father's Day)

Hong Kong[edit]

In Hong Kong, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

Hungary[edit]

In Hungary, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

India[edit]

Father's Day is not celebrated in all of India. But is observed the third Sunday of June by mostly westernized urban centers. The event is not a public holiday. The day is usually celebrated only in bigger cities of India like Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad and others. After this day was first observed in the United States in 1908 and gradually gained popularity,^[52] Indian metropolitan cities, much later, followed suit by recognising this event. In India, the day is usually celebrated with children giving gifts like greeting cards, electronic gadgets, shirts, coffee mugs or books to their fathers.

Indonesia[edit]

In Indonesia, Father's Day is celebrated on November 12 and is not a public holiday. Father's Day in Indonesia was first declared in 2006 in Solo City Hall attended by hundreds of people from various community groups, including people from community of inter-religion communication. Because of its recent declaration, there is not very much hype about the celebration, compared to the celebration of Mother's Day on December 22.

Ireland[edit]

In Ireland, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

Israel[edit]

In Israel, Father's Day is usually celebrated on May 1 together with Workers' Day or Labour Day.

Italy[edit]

In Italy, according to the Roman Catholic tradition, fathers are celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, commonly called Feast of Saint Joseph (Festa di San Giuseppe), March 19. It was a public holiday until 1977.

Japan[edit]

In Japan, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

Kazakhstan[edit]

Kazakhstan continues the Soviet Union's tradition of celebrating Defender of the Fatherland Day instead of Father's Day like in Russia and other former soviet countries. It is usually called "Men's Day" and it is considered equivalent of Father's Day. In Kazakhstan this day is celebrated on May 7.

Kenya[edit]

In Kenya, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

Korea[edit]

In South Korea, Parents' day is celebrated on May 8 and is not a public holiday.

Latvia[edit]

In Latvia, Father's Day (Tēvu diena) is celebrated on the second Sunday of September and is not a public holiday. In Latvia people did not always celebrate this day because of the USSR's influence with its own holidays. This day in Latvia was 'officially born' in 2008 when it was celebrated and marked in the calendar for the first time on September 14 (second September Sunday) to promote the idea that man as the father must be satisfied and proud of his family and children, also, the father is important to gratitude and loving words from his family for devoted to continuous altruistic concerns. Because this day is new to the country it does not have established unique traditions, but people borrow ideas from other country's Father's Day traditions to congratulate fathers in Latvia.

Lithuania[edit]

In Lithuania, Father's Day (Tėvo diena) is celebrated on the first Sunday of June and is a public holiday.

Macao[edit]

In Macau, Father's Day (Dia do Pai) is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

Malaysia[edit]

In Malaysia, Father's Day falls on the third Sunday of June.

Malta[edit]

Malta has followed the international trend and celebrates Father’s Day on the third Sunday in June. As in the case of Mother’s Day, the introduction of Father’s Day celebrations in Malta was encouraged by Frans H Said (Uncle Frans of the children’s radio programmes). The first mention of Father’s Day was in June 1977,^{[citation needed]} and the day is now part of the local events calendar. (The Times of Malta 11 June 2017) ( Il-Mument - Maltese newspaper- 18 June 2017)

Mexico[edit]

In Mexico, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

Mongolia[edit]

The Mongolian Men's Association began the celebration of Father's Day on 8 of August since 2005.

Nepal[edit]

The Newar population (natives of Kathmandu valley) in Nepal honors fathers on the day of kusa aunsi, which occurs in late August or early September, depending on the year, since it depends on the lunar calendar. The Western-inspired celebration of Father's Day that was imported into the country is always celebrated on the same day as Gokarna Aunsi.

The rest of the population has also begun to celebrate the Gokarna Aunsi day^[53] It is commonly known as Abu ya Khwa Swoyegu in Nepal Bhasa or Buwaako mukh herne din (बुवाको मुख हेर्ने दिन) in Nepali (literally "day for looking at father's face").^[43]^[54] On the new moon day (Amavasya) it is traditional to pay respect to one's deceased father; Hindus go to the Shiva temple of Gokarneswor Mahadev, in Gokarna, a suburb of Kathmandu^[55] while Buddhists go to Jan Bahal (Seto Machhendranath or white Tara) temple in Kathmandu.

Traditionally, in the Kathmandu Valley, the south-western corner is reserved for women and women-related rituals, and the north-eastern is for men and men-related rituals. The worship place for Mata Tirtha Aunsi ("Mother Pilgrimage New Moon") is located in Mata Tirtha in the south-western half of the valley, while the worship place for Gokarna Aunsi is located in the north-eastern half. This division is reflected in many aspects of the life in the Kathmandu Valley.^[56]

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