In Paraguay, Joyce Hall initially proposed Friendship Day in 1958. It was a festival in which friendships were honoured with a worldwide celebration. Due to desynchronization in the United States, the original Date of Celebration was set for 2 August, but it has subsequently been changed to 7 August.

Nane Annan, the spouse of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, designated Winnie the Pooh as the global ambassador of friendship at the UN in 1998 to celebrate Friendship Day. The United Nations co-sponsored the event. the Department of Public Information, Disney Enterprises, and Kathy Lee Gifford served as co-hosts .[3]

Dr. Ramon Artemio Bracho first suggested the idea of a Global Friendship Day on July 20, 1958, at a dinner with friends in Puerto Pinasco, a village on the River Paraguay about 200 miles north of Asuncion, Paraguay .[4]

The World Friendship Crusade was established at that gathering. A charity called the World Friendship Crusade advocates for friendship and community among all people, regardless of race, colour, or religion. After that, July 30

July holiday festivities

The 14th of July is a holiday in Venezuela and Ecuador. Every year on July 19th, Pakistan celebrates this day. The 23rd of July is observed as Friendship Day in Bolivia. [8] On July 30th, Nepal celebrates Friendship Day. [Needs citation]

On July 29, gifts are traditionally given to close friends and family in Paraguay. Bars and clubs are frequent locations for celebrations. [9] The game of the Invisible Friend (Amigo Invisible), in which participants are handed small sheets of paper with names on them and are asked to secretly choose one from the group, is regarded as a tradition. On July 30, the individual whose name was chosen is given a gift. Both schools and companies follow this tradition.

On the first Saturday in July, Peru has commemorated "El día del Amigo" since 2009. The beer company Pilsen Callao suggested the date. The goal was to distinguish genuine friendship from romantic love and the Valentine's Day holiday .[8]

Friendship Day (or Friend's Day) is observed on July 20 in Argentina, Brazil,[11], Spain, and Uruguay.[8] It is a time for social gatherings and greeting both new and old friends.

Enrique Ernesto Febbraro, an Argentinian dentist and Rotarian who came up with the concept to observe International Friendship Day as a unifying gesture of friendship between nations and was inspired by the day Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon, is to thank for its popularity. He wrote 1,000 letters to people he knew through the Rotary Club.700 answers were received from all over the world while the Apollo 11 was still in space, which sparked the celebration. [12]

Friend's Day has become a huge cultural phenomenon in Argentina. For instance, in the cities of Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Córdoba, and Rosario in 2005, a breakdown of the mobile phone network caused by the volume of well-wishers was comparable to the one that occurred in 2004 on Christmas and New Year's Day. [13] A week before the event, the majority of seats in eateries, pubs, and other places are frequently taken. [14] [Other citation(s) required]

festivities in August

Friendship Day is observed in India on the first Sunday of August. In the early 1990s, the holiday became extremely popular among teenagers and young people thanks to