happy friendship day 2011
August is remembered for the most incredible relationship - Friendship. Friendship day is celebrated on every first Sunday of the August month. Your friends are he most important people in your life. You surely don't want to loose them.
This memorable day is observed to dedicate one day in the year for friendship. The United States Congress proclaimed the first Sunday as national friendship day. It is a tradition to exchange friendship bands on this lovely day. The tradition began in US in 1935.
On Friendship day you might be exchanging flowers, cards and gifts with your loved ones. Friendship is the most ancient and basic form of any human bond. This has no age, caste and language bar. You can be friends with anybody. The relationship is pious and is above all the other relations. You show your love and care to the other person in different ways and this is the true celebration of your bond.
Expressing your love and concern for your loved ones are the part of celebrations. You have myriad ways to show your feelings. Loyalty, care, love, bond, trust, support, compassion, anger and intimacy - these are some of the emotions you would be experiencing in friendship. But, isn't' it true that only because of these emotions and expression you are able to built a strong and healthy relationship with your friend. Each and every moment spent with your friend is unforgettable.
The idea of honoring friendship has been appreciated by people in many countries of the world. Over the passing years, the festivities related to Friendship Day have become even more colorful. The exchange of gifts, flowers, friendship bands and greeting cards has become an important part, rather, a tradition of Friendship Day. The festival has proved to be a boon for the retailers of gift and card galleries, because they cash in a lot of money on the occasion. Apart from the exchange of gifts, partying all through the night is one of the recent developments of Friendship Day. The trend of partying is seen largely among the youngsters. In the present time, get-together and reunions have taken the shape of parties.
With the advancement in the field of science and technology, connecting to friends on the wonderful occasion of Friendship Day has become easier. Today, friends living in two corners of the world are just a mouse click away from each other. Internet, the largest virtual information bank on earth, has influenced the life of netizens in many ways. The most popular methods to convey wishes to friends, on the festival, are web cam chating and sending e-cards. In addition to this,chatting service has provided the opportunity for people to develop virtual friendships as well. 
