{"id":3993,"date":"2024-05-24T08:59:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T08:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T08:59:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T08:59:55","slug":"why-is-world-play-day-celebrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is World Play Day celebrated?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why is World Play Day celebrated? World Play Day is celebrated to promote the importance of play and playing for human well-being. Play is an important part of children’s development, but it is also an important part of adults’ lives. Play helps people relax, create social relationships and develop their creativity.<\/p>\n

The purpose of World Play Day is to remind people that play is an essential part of life and should be a part of everyone’s day. With the help of the play day, we also want to highlight the importance of play for society as a whole and encourage people to take time to play in the midst of everyday busyness.<\/p>\n

Sources: World Play Day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why is World Play Day celebrated? World Play Day is celebrated to promote the importance of play and playing for human well-being. Play is an important part of children’s development, but it is also an important part of adults’ lives. Play helps people relax, create social relationships and develop their creativity. The purpose of World…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2082,2419,2574],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-questions","category-party-day-questions","category-world-playground-questions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhy is World Play Day celebrated? | Selitys.fi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why is World Play Day celebrated? | Selitys.fi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Why is World Play Day celebrated? World Play Day is celebrated to promote the importance of play and playing for human well-being. Play is an important part of children’s development, but it is also an important part of adults’ lives. Play helps people relax, create social relationships and develop their creativity. The purpose of World…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Selitys.fi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-24T08:59:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-02-22-14.56.12-Create-an-icon-representing-Finnish-Proverbs-for-a-website.-The-icon-should-visually-capture-the-essence-of-Finnish-culture-and-tradition-incorpora.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tapio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tapio\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tapio\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0848ac8101ca66b44e7db38e353fd5a5\"},\"headline\":\"Why is World Play Day celebrated?\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-24T08:59:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":124,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Culture questions\",\"Party day questions\",\"World playground questions\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why is World Play Day celebrated? | Selitys.fi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-24T08:59:55+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Etusivu\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/etusivu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why is World Play Day celebrated?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Suomalaiset sananlaskut\",\"description\":\"Vastaukset kysymyksiisi\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Suomalaiset sananlaskut\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-02-22-14.56.12-Create-an-icon-representing-Finnish-Proverbs-for-a-website.-The-icon-should-visually-capture-the-essence-of-Finnish-culture-and-tradition-incorpora.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-02-22-14.56.12-Create-an-icon-representing-Finnish-Proverbs-for-a-website.-The-icon-should-visually-capture-the-essence-of-Finnish-culture-and-tradition-incorpora.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1024,\"caption\":\"Suomalaiset sananlaskut\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0848ac8101ca66b44e7db38e353fd5a5\",\"name\":\"Tapio\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/841e72698e94eda1dbb61e1780060ec9d71d27993408a3d1dce683339a1f9243?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/841e72698e94eda1dbb61e1780060ec9d71d27993408a3d1dce683339a1f9243?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/841e72698e94eda1dbb61e1780060ec9d71d27993408a3d1dce683339a1f9243?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tapio\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/selitys.fi\\\/en\\\/author\\\/tapio\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why is World Play Day celebrated? | Selitys.fi","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why is World Play Day celebrated? | Selitys.fi","og_description":"Why is World Play Day celebrated? World Play Day is celebrated to promote the importance of play and playing for human well-being. Play is an important part of children’s development, but it is also an important part of adults’ lives. Play helps people relax, create social relationships and develop their creativity. The purpose of World…","og_url":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/","og_site_name":"Selitys.fi","article_published_time":"2024-05-24T08:59:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-02-22-14.56.12-Create-an-icon-representing-Finnish-Proverbs-for-a-website.-The-icon-should-visually-capture-the-essence-of-Finnish-culture-and-tradition-incorpora.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Tapio","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tapio","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/"},"author":{"name":"Tapio","@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0848ac8101ca66b44e7db38e353fd5a5"},"headline":"Why is World Play Day celebrated?","datePublished":"2024-05-24T08:59:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/"},"wordCount":124,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Culture questions","Party day questions","World playground questions"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/","url":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/","name":"Why is World Play Day celebrated? | Selitys.fi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-05-24T08:59:55+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/why-is-world-play-day-celebrated\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Etusivu","item":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/etusivu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why is World Play Day celebrated?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/","name":"Suomalaiset sananlaskut","description":"Vastaukset kysymyksiisi","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/#organization","name":"Suomalaiset sananlaskut","url":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/selitys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-02-22-14.56.12-Create-an-icon-representing-Finnish-Proverbs-for-a-website.-The-icon-should-visually-capture-the-essence-of-Finnish-culture-and-tradition-incorpora.webp","contentUrl":"http:\/\/selitys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-02-22-14.56.12-Create-an-icon-representing-Finnish-Proverbs-for-a-website.-The-icon-should-visually-capture-the-essence-of-Finnish-culture-and-tradition-incorpora.webp","width":1024,"height":1024,"caption":"Suomalaiset sananlaskut"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0848ac8101ca66b44e7db38e353fd5a5","name":"Tapio","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/841e72698e94eda1dbb61e1780060ec9d71d27993408a3d1dce683339a1f9243?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/841e72698e94eda1dbb61e1780060ec9d71d27993408a3d1dce683339a1f9243?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/841e72698e94eda1dbb61e1780060ec9d71d27993408a3d1dce683339a1f9243?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tapio"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/selitys.fi"],"url":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/author\/tapio\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selitys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}