ANNIVERSARY-A GLOBAL PHENOMENAN

January 8th, 2015

Gatherings are the best way to maintain healthy relationships, be it formal or informal. Anniversaries are the best way to bring together the people, commemorating either the sad incident or happy event. However, sharing happiness and dividing grieves are the sole aim of anniversaries. In addition, no anniversary is complete without, a decent meal. Moreover, anniversary is dull without delicious anniversary fruit baskets delivered, to the loved ones, whom we cannot join on the special occasion.

Anniversaries are celebrated all around the globe. Like marriage anniversary, birthday anniversary, death anniversary, resolution anniversary, Independence Day anniversary etc. National level anniversaries are usually considered as the formal gatherings and include the whole nation commemorating and reviving the happening of the event in the past. Such anniversaries are celebrated to revive the teachings of national heroes and their actions that served the interests of the whole nation. Individual level of anniversaries is usually of marriages, deaths, and birthdays. Organizational level anniversaries can be of celebrating the inauguration day of the start of an organization, or celebrating the important day in the history of the organization.

Death anniversary is a custom practiced in many cultures as well religions. It is observed on the day on which the loved one has died. Different culture and religions celebrate the death anniversaries. Death anniversaries in Asian culture are celebrated in a collective gathering, by praying for the deceased and making special meals to be given to the orphans. Usually such meals include fruits, wheat, and rice. In recent times, people take it convenient and more appropriate to arrange for the anniversary fruit baskets delivered, instead of food cooking. Because every person be it man or woman or child or old, likes fruits. Fruits are liked by people of all ages and groups. Especially no event is complete without fruits.

Birthday anniversaries are also celebrated to mark the birth event of a person. Moreover, birthday cakes are often incomplete without fruits, be it dry fruits or fresh fruits. Marriage anniversaries include special fruits like cherries, strawberries, to signify the strength of the relation of the couple with colour red. Red colour predominantly is used in marriage anniversary, and fruits with red hues are of great demand. Even happy events celebrations are incomplete without fruit desserts, like pineapple cakes, apple pies, cherry toppings, lemon meringue pies, strawberry and whipped creams are all the mouth watering delicious desserts.

Different anniversaries are given different specific names. An event completing 25 years of time is termed as SILVER JUBILEE OR ANIVERSARY, on the completion of 50 years of an event; it is called as GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY and on completion of 80 years of a person or an event, and it is celebrated as DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY. Recently, the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ was celebrated all over the world on 25th of December, with prayers being observed early in the mornings amidst the Christmas chorales in the chilly winters.

Everywhere, cakes were presented as the souvenirs to mark the birth of Jesus Christ. Moreover, Santa distributes the gifts and flowers at the doorstep of the people. Such anniversaries, pertinent to the religions are celebrated globally. Marking the birth of famous people. Like the birthday of Queen of England is also a national event. Martin Luther king Jr day is a federal holiday observed in the United States of America (USA).

Anniversaries are celebrated every day on a global scale, in different ways. Celebrating, the events, and bringing together people on one platform are the basic purpose of any type of anniversary. In addition, it is the best way to revive the past.