May Flower and Mother’s Day!

Mother's day in the Philippines is celebrated every second Sunday of May.  A Filipino mother is called the "light of the household" around which all activities revolve. Families treat mothers to movies or lunch or dinner out, spend time with their mothers in a park or shopping at the mall, or give their mothers time to pamper themselves. Most families celebrate at home. Children perform most chores that the mother routinely handles, prepare food or give their mothers small handcrafted tokens such as cards.

Although in its current form Mother's Day is not a traditional Filipino holiday, this and Father's day owe their popularity to American influence. (source, en.wikipedia.org)

In honor of all mothers and motherhood and maternal bonds, I have decided to feature articles containing reflection on motherhood and or maternal bond from the members of Karilagan Singers who are based in Rome Italy.