Today is another holiday; it’s International Women’s Day. I was surprised to learn about this international holiday because I don’t remember hearing about it back in the States. However, based on the way it is celebrated here, Women’s Day is a close equivalent to Mother’s Day. I think I like it here better because every woman is celebrated, not just mothers.
Many traditions here on Women’s Day are very similar to USA Mother’s Day. The men give the women in their lives flowers and small gifts. It is stressed that the men get something for any woman important in their life: mothers, wives, girlfriends, daughters, colleagues, etc. Women also show appreciation for the important women in their lives with small gifts or flowers as well.
I celebrated with my host family, but it wasn’t anything huge. My host dad cooked a meal for my host mom and me. He also bought some flowers for the kitchen. Like I said, it wasn’t huge, but it was nice to celebrate together. I know some other volunteers’ families had huge masăs with lots of guests. And many men volunteers had to bring lots of flowers to work to pass out to their female colleagues. My school has a masă, but they celebrated yesterday and I was in Chișinău for a PC training, so I missed it. But it seems that no matter how one’s celebrates Women’s Day, appreciation for women is shown. Yay for women!
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