New Delhi: Israel has a rich culture and heritage. Its culture is intricately linked with Jewish culture and its root goes back to the Zionist movement and the Jewish history of the diaspora. The Arab culture and its traditions also exerted certain influence on the Israel culture, as did the ethnic minorities of Israel like Circassians, Armenians, Druze and others.
Firgun is an important part of Israeli culture. It is a concept in which someone compliments another person or expresses unselfish, genuine happiness and pride in another person’s achievement. Firgun has been described in the Israeli culture as a spiritual generosity, an unselfish, unbound joy that something good has happened or can happen to someone else. Most importantly, the absence of negativity is an integral part of the concept of Firgun.
How did the term originate?
The term ‘Firgun’ can be traced back to ‘farginen’, a Yiddish word. The term is a relatively new addition to Hebrew and it was in the 1970s, the word was initially used. Over the subsequent decades, the concept gained momentum. Tamar Katriel, a professor of communications at the University of Haifa, once clarified that Firgun is different from compliments as the former deals with authentic affinity which does not carry any agenda.
How did International Firgun Day begin?
International Firgun Day has its origin in 2014 when an Israeli non-profit community group named Made in JLM decided to establish it as a holiday which would be celebrated every year on July 17. On this day, people express genuine pride and share compliments to celebrate the accomplishments of others. The group organises an overnight marketing hackathon on the night before July 17 and an online automatic tool known as the firgunator that generates Firgun in several languages.
While the day began as a modest initiative in Jerusalem, it has gained tremendous momentum over the years. Thousands of people in Israel and abroad celebrate this day every year and Firgun has been covered by some of the leading publications in the world like The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Metropolitan, Mashable, and others.
Firgun is an important part of Israeli culture. It is a concept in which someone compliments another person or expresses unselfish, genuine happiness and pride in another person’s achievement. knowledge Knowledge News, Photos and Videos on General Knowledge
