Friendship Day (also International Friendship Day or Friend's Day) is a day in several mostly Latin American and Asian countries for celebrating friendship (Chinese: 国际友谊日, French: Journée internationale de l’amitié, Russian: Международный день дружбы, Spanish: Día del Amigo, Urdu: دوستی کا دن, Hindi: मित्रता दिवस, Bengali: বন্ধুত্ব দিবস, Tamil: நட்பு நாள்).
It was first proposed in 1958 in Paraguay as the 'International Friendship Day'.
It was initially promoted by the greeting cards' industry, evidence from social networking sites shows a revival of interest in the holiday that may have grown...