Friendship Day is celebrated in Argentina on July 20th, where people visit friends, go to parks, cinemas or the city center to spend time together. On this day, friends exchange presents, have meals together, and some go dancing to dedicate a special day to the importance of friendship, which was suggested in Argentina after the first moon landing united people.

1. Friendship Day
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2. When and where is it celebrated?
• We celebrate Friendship Day on 20th
July in Argentina.
• People visit friends, go to the park, the
cinema or the city centre.

3. What do people do on that day?
• People hang out with their friends. They
exchange presents, have lunch or dinner
together and some go dancing.

4. Why is it celebrated?
• People celebrate this day because it is
important to dedicate a special day to
friendship.

5. • Did you know that in Argentina Enrique
Ernesto Febbraro suggested celebrating
Friendship Day when he realised that all
mankind was united for the first time after
the Apollo 11 landed on the moon on 20th
July1969?

6. • “What is a friend? A single soul in two
bodies."
- Aristotle