National Siblings Day in History!!!
Raksha Bandhan is a festival celebrated by Hindus to honour the relationship between brothers and sisters. Hindu women put a band around their brother's wrists during Raksha Bandhan as a sign that their sister will watch over them. In exchange, the brothers give each other a gift and promise to look out for and protect one another. The festival is the first recorded celebration of siblings and has ancient origins but is still well-liked today!
In 1995, Claudia Evart, who had lost her brother and sister at a young age, invented the US holiday. She established the holiday to commemorate the memory of her siblings after realising the value of siblings in our lives. Claudia decided to celebrate Lisette's birthday on april 10th. Father's Day first appeared in 1910, and Mother's Day was established in 1907. This means that there hasn't been a day to remember our siblings for almost 100 years!
Claudia established the "Siblings Day Foundation," which carries out the goal of celebrating our siblings, today. In addition to establishing an international Siblings Day through the UN, the foundation is attempting to have the holiday officially recognised in the United States. Three US presidents have declared the day a holiday; 49 states have issued governor proclamations to honour it on april 10 since 1998. Australia, India, and spain are just a few of the nations that observe Siblings Day, demonstrating how universal sibling love is. On May 31, National Siblings Day is observed in europe as Brothers and Sisters Day. Even Siblings Day has been declared a holiday by the President of the Portuguese Republic!
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