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Mother's Day Special 2013

07-May-13 15:00

Mother's Day Special 2013

May 12th will mark Mother’s Day in Malaysia this year. Most people think of Mother’s Day as a time to buy their mother gifts, flowers, chocolates, or take her out to dinner. But underneath all the commercial hype that surrounds the day, there lies deep tradition and history. Meera Sivasothy takes us through this history and the developments Mother's Day has undergone to become what it is today, uncovering some rather surprising facts in the process...


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