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Friend's Day in Argentina

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santa  +  38787 Thu, 22 Jul 04 09:39 PM
It depends on how you would define a friend. There are many people whom I have met and known for years. But I can't call all of them my friends.
Yes, you all are lucky old people Smile [:)]
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Anonymous, 4 yr 107 days ago
Hi
Whats the story to friends day? When was it introduced? Is there a historical incident thats celebrated?

Greetings
norbert
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leandro_tami  +  126054 Thu, 11 Aug 05 03:31 PM
I researched a bit about the Friend's Day in Argentina and found this: apparently it was created by iniciative of a man called Enrique Ernesto Febbraro, who is a psychology teacher. He says that when he saw the Moon landing in Jule 20th, 1969, he thought it would be a nice idea to create a day to celebrate friendship around the world. So he sent a thousand letters to different countries and received seven hundred replies. It seems several political, religious and government agencies supported the idea and it was quickly accepted and recognized in the city of Buenos Aires. After a few time, it was recognized in the whole country. And today it is celebrated in several countries.
My source: http://www.prensarotaria.com.ar/es/diadelamigo.htm (It's in Spanish)
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Anonymous, 3 yr 128 days ago

Hiya! I am surprised to find out someone from Vienna knows something so typically Argie!!! Happy Friend's Day, you may know how important it is for us! this day was invented by Ernesto Febbraro, who was a Psychology, Philosophy and History teacher and was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize! He got this inspiration as you probably know on the 20th July, 1969 when the man landed on the moon and he took this as gesture from Humankind to the Universe. Before the Apollo 11 returned to Earth he sent 1000 letters to 100 different countries (I never said we were  MENTALLY SANE!!) and got 700 replies!!!

Do you celebrate it in your country?  curlyangel@hotmail.co.uk

Anonymous, 3 yr 128 days ago

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