International Day of Older Persons. When was the Day of the Elderly established? Day of the Elderly in the year
Older Persons Day October 1, 2017: beautiful animations and poems for the holiday. The calendar says October 1, which means today our country is celebrating a very touching holiday. The name of this holiday is the Day of the Elderly.
Today, all people of the older generation will accept congratulations and words of gratitude from their children and grandchildren. It’s great that there is such a holiday. You can once again tell your loved ones how much you love them and how much you need them.
Beautiful animated cards and congratulations in verse will delight the people dear to you.
Today is a special day -
Day of the wise and respectable,
Day of the experienced and strict,
Day of the kind, smart, prominent.
And let the years pass
This is their nature.
But you have something to remember
Any time of the year.
And maybe memoirs
Write to you in the evenings:
Let the grandchildren read it
How did you start your life?
They will read it and be surprised
What were you like?
Worked, studied,
They were friends and loved.
Be friends and love
Learn today too.
We wish you happiness
And good health.
We wish you a lot:
Live another hundred summers,
Look forward with a smile
Don't worry about the past.
So that the heart does not play pranks,
So that the children take care
So that everything you have in mind
You were able to implement it!
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At least by age “over 50”
Still 17 at heart
The eyes shine confidently
You have no reason to be afraid of age!
There is one secret to happiness -
Be kind, don’t hide evil in yourself,
To love the whole world and the light of the sun,
And every day with its sunset!
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Special day on the calendar
The month of October begins:
Today the elderly
We sincerely congratulate everyone!
On your strengths and shoulders
Houses and streets grew up.
Without stopping your hands,
They created beauty for us!
You have happiness, strength, kindness, warmth,
Good health and peace.
So that all the important blessings of life
It's enough for your lifetime!
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Life goes on, adding age to everyone,
But it’s not all about years.
This holiday is wise and serious,
But with a little sadness in the eyes.
Happy holiday to you, elderly people,
You have more joys than worries.
Let them respect you, honor you and love you very much.
Let every year be successful!
Happiness to you, health, tenderness
Grandchildren, attention to yourself.
May they give you happiness and patience
Dear people are in your destiny.
Every person on earth needs society: some need approval, some need help and support, some assert themselves by caring for others, and some simply compete to determine a leader. One way or another, each of us has a close person whose opinion we value very much. For most, these are parents and immediate family - brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents, who are often far away from us. Sometimes even children living in the same city and their older parents do not find time to see each other at least once a week. In order to protect the rights of the elderly, an international holiday was created.
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When is it celebrated?
On October 1, the International Day of Older Persons is celebrated around the world. The date was created with the goal that children remember their parents and relatives, show politeness and concern to their neighbors and just once again extended a helping hand to those who are often embarrassed to ask for it. The holiday was established at the initiative of the UN (Resolution No. A/RES/45/106) on December 14, 1990. In 2020, celebrations at the international level are held for the 30th time. He came to Russia a little later, in 1992, after the adoption of Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation No. 2890/1-1 “On the problems of older people.”
Who's celebrating
On International Day of Older Persons 2020, all attention is paid to older people: grandparents, older housemates, older work colleagues.
History of the holiday
Although the official consolidation of the event occurred thanks to the activities of the UN, the idea of honoring the older generation is one of the fundamental stones in the culture and traditions of any nation. Conflicting facts and customs have followed each other for several centuries. And although many peoples had cruel rules according to which the elderly were left to die (or, as a matter of fact, weak children were killed), they were always replaced by more worthy traditions and the cult of ancestors.
Today in many countries there is an acute problem of demographic nature and aging society. According to the UN, in the absence of fundamental changes (a surge in the birth rate), by 2015, with a global population of 8.5 billion people, more than 1 billion will move beyond the age of 60. Already in Russia, the share of elderly citizens of the country is more than 20% (20.7%), and middle age Belarusian age at the beginning of 2011 was 39.6 years (despite the fact that the average inhabitant of the planet reached only 28 years). There is a sad trend of reduction in the difference between the population aged over 65 and children under 16.
We can proudly state that the International Day of Older Persons is gaining more and more positive connotations every year. The term “elderly people” has ceased to be offensive, and assistance is becoming targeted and focused.
Rector of the Public University of Health in Minsk V. Kamenkov believes that teaching computer literacy has a very positive effect on the brain activity of older people. Together with dosed muscle load and proper nutrition this ensures the maintenance of the necessary balance in the body and even slows down aging. The fact that poorly educated people age much faster has been confirmed by researchers at University College London.
Older people in modern society play an increasingly prominent role and appear to be more and more active members of it compared to how things were just recently. In most countries of the civilized world, the level of medicine and life expectancy are so high that older people sometimes experience a second youth. Having retired, they live not only for others, but also for themselves, play sports, travel and live a fairly active and vibrant life. Of course, Russian pensioners can’t always afford this yet, but still, our situation is, at least slowly, improving, and retirement is becoming an active and rich time for many. Day of the Elderly in 2019: what date is the Day of the Elderly celebrated in Russia, what does this holiday mean in the world and how is it perceived here.
What date will be the Day of the Elderly in 2019?
International Day of Older Persons (that's exactly what it sounds like) official name holiday) is celebrated annually October 1.
As such, this holiday appeared at the level of the United Nations in 1990, and began to be celebrated in 1991. Russia decided to join the celebration in 1992, when a special decree was issued on this occasion, which included the Day of Older People on October 1 in the calendar of Russian holidays.
It is curious that the UN initially named the holiday in Russian International Day elderly people, but this rude and not entirely correct expression for the Russian ear was quickly replaced with a more correct one.
At the UN level, the Day of Older Persons is always not just a formal date, but an occasion to remind us of how the world is changing and how the composition of the population is changing. According to the UN, current life expectancy in the world is more than 68 years, and by 2100 it will reach 81 years. Progress allows us to live longer and longer, and society needs to understand well what place more and more older people occupy in it, and what role they play. In turn, such an understanding should also appear among older people themselves.
Even the very definition of what it is old age, will probably be rethought in the near future.
Alas, in Russia, the Day of the Elderly is often just an excuse for holding formal events and official congratulations to the elderly from government agencies. At the same time, the role of Russian elderly people in the life of our society is enormous. Raising grandchildren is often the responsibility of grandparents; in many enterprises, older employees sometimes have no one to pass on their unique experience to. At the same time, the state cannot always appreciate the merits of pensioners and fully thank them for the contribution that they made with their active lives to our common development.
On March 9, 2020, the deadline for submitting compositions for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 expired. Russian TV viewers waited all day in vain - on the official website of the competition in the “Participants” section, the song from the group “Little Big” representing our country did not appear. Instead of the title it says “No song yet” and “To be announced later”.But there is no need to worry - the organizers reported that the song was received on time. And the delay can be explained simply - the Russian “sponsors” decided to “stir up” the public’s interest in the event and make a show out of the song’s premiere.
We tell you when, what time and on what channel will the presentation of the song “Little Big” take place for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.
Very soon - on Thursday March 12, 2020, we will find out with which song the group "Little Big" will represent Russia at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.
It was announced that the presentation of the song "Little Big" will take place on Channel One live broadcast "Evening Urgant". The program is scheduled to start on 23:30 Moscow time March 12, 2020.
Previously, the broadcast with the group "Little Big" in the program "Evening Urgant" was planned by Channel One on Friday, March 13, 2020 (starting at 23:20 Moscow time).
That is, the presentation of the song “Little Big” for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020:
* When will it take place - March 12, 2020 (Thursday).
* On Channel One, in the program “Evening Urgant”.
* What time - at 23:30 Moscow time.
The band's frontman Ilya Pruskin announced that the song would be fun and with a "Brazilian touch." Perhaps the composition for the European song competition will be the song "Uno", a 15-second segment of which has already appeared on YouTube.
Updated 03/12/2020 at 23:45: The composition with which the band will perform at Eurovision was (as we expected) song "Uno". You can watch the clip on the Channel One website in the Music section.
Many historians and sociologists believe that humanity’s transition to a civilized way of life occurred at the moment when we began to take care not even of children (natural instincts manifest themselves more in such care), but of older people. And this is the correct approach to the issue. After all, it is these people, who have rich life experience, who serve as a link between generations, not allowing the loss of continuity between those who lived before and those who are destined to inhabit the Earth in the future. Therefore, the emergence of such a holiday, and an international one, as the Day of Older Persons, is completely justified and natural.
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The holiday under discussion was officially established in December 1990 by resolution of the UN General Assembly, numbered 45\106. The establishment of the “Day of Older People” was the logical conclusion of a rather long process. It began with the adoption of a plan on aging in the Austrian capital in 1982, then effective UN principles on this topic were formulated and adopted. This happened in 1991.
Initially, the holiday was celebrated mainly in European countries, then the celebrations spread to the American continent, but today October 1 has truly become a completely international holiday. It is celebrated by the vast majority of countries in the world.
Traditions
On this day, all over the planet, under the leadership of various associations protecting the rights of people of retirement age:
- there are festivals;
- congresses and conferences dedicated to this topic are held;
- Extensive charity events are held.
A special feature of the holiday is its dedication every year new topic. On October 1, the UN Secretary-General also makes a call to ensure and respect the rights of older citizens. In a large number of countries, the TV program of this day necessarily includes in its repertoire programs that meet the tastes of the age audience.
The celebration of “Older People’s Day” is perhaps greatest in scope in the countries of the Scandinavian Peninsula. In Russia, events on this day have not yet become particularly widespread, but the situation is gradually improving.
The celebration of the Day of Older Persons in the Land of the Rising Sun has its own significant specificity. There it is celebrated every third Monday in September. And it is called a little differently than in other countries - “Day of Honoring the Elderly.”