2 June 2018

Grand celebrations of Mothers’ and Children’s Day

The central square of the city was filled up with a lot of kids and their parents all decked up for the day long festivities. Saw a few ladies walking around with some kind of medal on them.

Found out from our guide Sara that the country honors 555 women every year with a medal. You know what you need to do to earn a medal? If you bear 4 kids, you get the lower level medal and if you have 5 or more kids you get the higher level medal!

I understand the root of this goes back to 1950s and 60s where the country had very few people and they needed the population to grow…


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Posted June 2, 2018 by Rajib Roy in category "Vacations

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