THERE IS SO MUCH LITERATURE ON FRIENDSHIP DAY HISTORY AS WE CELEBRATED ON FIRST SUNDAY OF AUGUST. HOWEVER,THERE ARE NUMEROUS FOLKTALES AND SEVERAL INSTANCE IN MYTHOLOGICAL LEGENDS THAT SHOWS THAT FRIEND AND FRIENDSHIP HAVE BEEN VALUED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CIVILIZED WORLD. AS AN INTRINSICALLY SOCIAL CREATURE,MEN LOVE TO MAKE FRIENDS TO FUTHER THIS PROCESS OF SOCIALIZATION.
HISTORY FRIENDSHIP DAY IN USA.
CONSIDERING THE VALUABLE ROLE FRIENDS PLAY IN OUR LIFE IT WAS DEEMED TO FIT TO HAVE A DAY DEDICATED TO FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIP. THE UNITED STATE CONGRESS IN 1935, PROCLAIMED FIRST SUNDAY OF AUGUST AS THE NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY. SINCE THEN,CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY BECAME AN ANNUAL EVENT. THE IDEA OF HONOURING THE BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP OF FRIENDSHIP CAUGHT ON WITH THE PEOPLE AND SOON FRIENDSHIP DAY BECAME HUGELY FESTIVAL. FOLLOWING THE POPULARITY AND SUCCESS ON FRIENDSHIP DAY IN USA,SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES ADOPTED TRADITION OF DEDICATING A DAY OF FRIENDS. TODAY FRIENDSHIP DAY IS ENTHUSIASTICALLY CELEBRATED BY SEVERAL COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD INCLUDING INDIA.
IN 1997, THE UNITED NATIONS NAMED WINNIE THE POOH AS THE AMBASSADOR OF FRIENDSHIP.
IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP IN BIBLE.
THE BIBLE,THE PRIMARY TEXT OF WESTERN CIVILLIZATION,REFLECTS UPON FRIENDSHIP AS THE BOND THAT FORM THE FOUNDATION TO HUMAN FAITH, TRUST AND COMPANIONSHIP. FOLLOWING VERSES FROM THE BIBLE APTLY PORTRAY THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDS:
"ASK AND IT WILL GIVEN TO YOU;SEEK AND YOU ILL FIND;KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED TO YOU."
MATHEW 7:7
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
JOHN 15:13-15
BESIDES,THERE ARE SEVERAL TALES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT ABOUT THE VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP AND HOW TRUE FRIENDSHIP IS A TRESURE TO UNEARTH. A NOTICEABLE POINT IS THAT, BOTH THE VERSION MAKE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BROAD MEANINGS- OF FRIENDSHIP ONE IS A MERE ACQUAINTANCE,THE OTHER IS A MORE AFFECTIONATE RELATION.
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, ABRAHAM IS CALLED A FRIEND OF GOD BECAUSE OF THE INTIMACY OF HIS RELATIONS. GOD SPEAK TO MOSES FACE TO FACE " AS A MAN...UNTO HIS FRIEND"(EX 33:11). THE ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP OF RUTH AND NAOMI,THE DEVOTION OF THE SUBORDINATE HUSHAI FOR DAVID OR THE MUTUAL THE RELATION BETWEEN DAVID AND JONATHAN -THE OLD TESTAMENT REPLETE WITH THESE INTERESTING TALES OF FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIP.
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES CLEARLY DEPICTS HOW HUMAN FRIENDSHIP CAN CONSTANTLY GROW. FROM BEING TEACHER AND DISCIPLE, TO LORD AND SERVANT THEIR RELATIONSHIP FINALLY GREW TO AN UNPARALLELED FRIENDSHIP.
IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP IN MAHABHARATA
IN THE FAMOUS HINDU EPIC MAHABHARATA LORD KRISHNA DEMOSTRATES THE MANY COLOURS OF FRIENDSHIP -AFFECTION,ROMANCE,BROTHERHOOD,PROTECTION,GUIDANCE,INTIMACY, AND EVEN TEASING. FRIENDSHIP IS ALL ABOUT THESE AND MUCH MORE.
HISTORY FRIENDSHIP DAY IN USA.
CONSIDERING THE VALUABLE ROLE FRIENDS PLAY IN OUR LIFE IT WAS DEEMED TO FIT TO HAVE A DAY DEDICATED TO FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIP. THE UNITED STATE CONGRESS IN 1935, PROCLAIMED FIRST SUNDAY OF AUGUST AS THE NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY. SINCE THEN,CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY BECAME AN ANNUAL EVENT. THE IDEA OF HONOURING THE BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP OF FRIENDSHIP CAUGHT ON WITH THE PEOPLE AND SOON FRIENDSHIP DAY BECAME HUGELY FESTIVAL. FOLLOWING THE POPULARITY AND SUCCESS ON FRIENDSHIP DAY IN USA,SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES ADOPTED TRADITION OF DEDICATING A DAY OF FRIENDS. TODAY FRIENDSHIP DAY IS ENTHUSIASTICALLY CELEBRATED BY SEVERAL COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD INCLUDING INDIA.
IN 1997, THE UNITED NATIONS NAMED WINNIE THE POOH AS THE AMBASSADOR OF FRIENDSHIP.
IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP IN BIBLE.
THE BIBLE,THE PRIMARY TEXT OF WESTERN CIVILLIZATION,REFLECTS UPON FRIENDSHIP AS THE BOND THAT FORM THE FOUNDATION TO HUMAN FAITH, TRUST AND COMPANIONSHIP. FOLLOWING VERSES FROM THE BIBLE APTLY PORTRAY THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDS:
"ASK AND IT WILL GIVEN TO YOU;SEEK AND YOU ILL FIND;KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED TO YOU."
MATHEW 7:7
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
JOHN 15:13-15
BESIDES,THERE ARE SEVERAL TALES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT ABOUT THE VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP AND HOW TRUE FRIENDSHIP IS A TRESURE TO UNEARTH. A NOTICEABLE POINT IS THAT, BOTH THE VERSION MAKE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BROAD MEANINGS- OF FRIENDSHIP ONE IS A MERE ACQUAINTANCE,THE OTHER IS A MORE AFFECTIONATE RELATION.
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, ABRAHAM IS CALLED A FRIEND OF GOD BECAUSE OF THE INTIMACY OF HIS RELATIONS. GOD SPEAK TO MOSES FACE TO FACE " AS A MAN...UNTO HIS FRIEND"(EX 33:11). THE ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP OF RUTH AND NAOMI,THE DEVOTION OF THE SUBORDINATE HUSHAI FOR DAVID OR THE MUTUAL THE RELATION BETWEEN DAVID AND JONATHAN -THE OLD TESTAMENT REPLETE WITH THESE INTERESTING TALES OF FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIP.
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES CLEARLY DEPICTS HOW HUMAN FRIENDSHIP CAN CONSTANTLY GROW. FROM BEING TEACHER AND DISCIPLE, TO LORD AND SERVANT THEIR RELATIONSHIP FINALLY GREW TO AN UNPARALLELED FRIENDSHIP.
IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP IN MAHABHARATA
IN THE FAMOUS HINDU EPIC MAHABHARATA LORD KRISHNA DEMOSTRATES THE MANY COLOURS OF FRIENDSHIP -AFFECTION,ROMANCE,BROTHERHOOD,PROTECTION,GUIDANCE,INTIMACY, AND EVEN TEASING. FRIENDSHIP IS ALL ABOUT THESE AND MUCH MORE.
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