{"id":626962,"date":"2025-07-24T10:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T04:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/-626962\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:07:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T02:37:37","slug":"friendship-day-world","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/friendship-day-world-626962\/","title":{"rendered":"How Friendship Day is Celebrated  Across the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html amp=\"\" lang=\"en\"><head><meta charSet=\"utf-8\"\/><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"\/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?display=swap&amp;family=Alegreya%3Awght%40600%3B700\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/><link 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style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-102.42967%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,1);border-style:solid;border-radius:7.672634271099745% 7.672634271099745% 7.672634271099745% 7.672634271099745% \/ 16.483516483516482% 16.483516483516482% 16.483516483516482% 16.483516483516482%;pointer-events:initial;display:block;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-526ea1ae-d1b2-4c39-ad94-6c490764c0ff\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"background-color:#e6343c;will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:8.98058%;top:76.53722%;width:81.5534%;height:22.81553%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-522d657b-50bd-4991-a8d4-970aeffda57e\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.5952380952380952% 0.5952380952380952% 0.5952380952380952% 0.5952380952380952% \/ 1.4184397163120568% 1.4184397163120568% 1.4184397163120568% 1.4184397163120568%\" id=\"el-2db3a4f6-9eb5-4f64-8ccb-a866dfe7a133\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.5852678571428577% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.372168em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Argentina\u2014 Friendship Day, or D\u00eda del Amigo, on July 20 is huge in Argentina. 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style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.6107142857142861% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.388350em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Paraguay\u2014 Celebrated on July 30, friends play \u201cAmigo Invisible\u201d (Secret Friend) \u2014 a gift exchange similar to Secret Santa<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"57e76574-94ac-448e-a4b2-8ca3001bbc57\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-ca65f5f8-2d97-47b9-a955-cbd716fb09a3\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2200,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" 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0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.388350em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Malaysia\u2014 Malaysians celebrate with social media posts and outings. 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0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.388350em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Nepal\u2014 Nepali youth also tie friendship bands and celebrate on the first Sunday of August, often with group hangouts and treats<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"485c8dc1-7246-4d56-ada3-4593282b2c9f\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-e9177e19-64b9-4c1c-949f-c60c4febecff\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2200,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script 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