Usuku loMama lubhiyozelwa ukubulela oomama, kwaye imihla yoSuku loMama yahlukile kwihlabathi jikelele.Ngokuqhelekileyo oomama bafumana izipho kubantwana ngolu suku;kwiingqondo zabantu abaninzi, i-carnations ithathwa njengenye yeentyatyambo ezifanelekileyo zoomama.Ngoko yintoni imvelaphi yoMhla woMama?

USuku loMama lwaqala eGrisi, yaye amaGrike amandulo anikela imbeko kuHera, unina woothixo kwiintsomi zamaGrike.Intsingiselo yile: khumbula umama wethu kunye nobukhulu bakhe.

Phakathi kwinkulungwane ye-17, uSuku Lomama lwanwenwela eNgilani, yaye amaBritani athabatha iCawa yesine yeNzila njengoSuku Lomama.Ngolu suku, abantu abatsha abangekho ekhaya baya kubuyela ekhaya baze baphathele oonina izipho ezincinci.

Usuku loMama lwanamhlanje luqalwa ngu-Anna Jarvis, obengatshatanga ubomi bakhe bonke kwaye ebesoloko ekunye nomama wakhe.Unina ka-ANNA wayelinenekazi elinovelwano nentliziyo enobubele.Ucebise ukuba amise usuku lokukhumbula oomama abakhulu abathe cwaka bazincama.Ngelishwa, wasweleka ngaphambi kokuba umnqweno wakhe uzaliseke.UAnna waqalisa ukuququzelela imibhiyozo ngowe-1907 waza wafaka isicelo sokwenza uSuku looMama lube yiholide esemthethweni.Lo mbhiyozo waqala ngokusemthethweni eWest Virginia nasePennsylvania eUnited States ngoMeyi 10, 1908. Ngowe-1913, iNkongolo yaseUnited States yamisela iCawa yesibini kaMeyi njengoSuku Lomama olusemthethweni.Intyatyambo eyayithandwa ngunina ka-Anna ngexesha lokuphila kwakhe yayiyi-carnations, kwaye i-carnations yaba ngumqondiso woSuku lukaMama.

Kumazwe ahlukeneyo, umhla woSuku lukaMama uhlukile.Umhla owamkelwa ngamazwe amaninzi yiCawe yesibini kaMeyi.Amazwe amaninzi amise umhla we-8 kaMatshi njengoSuku loMama lwelizwe lawo.Ngaloo mini, umama, njenge-protagonist yomthendeleko, ngokuqhelekileyo ufumana amakhadi okubulisa kunye neentyatyambo ezenziwe ngabantwana ngokwabo njengentsikelelo yeeholide.