Usuku Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Lwemifino (I-World Vegan Day) yiholide eyavela ngo-1994 lapho i-Vegan Society igubha iminyaka engama-50 yasungulwa.
Igama elithi vegan laqanjwa nguDonald Watson ezinhlamvwini ezintathu zokuqala nezokugcina ezimbili zegama lesiNgisi elithi vegetarian. Leli gama laqala ukusetshenziswa yiVegan Society, eyasungulwa nguWatson ngoNovemba 1, 1944, eLondon.
I-Veganism - indlela yokuphila ebonakala, ikakhulukazi, ngokudla imifino eqinile. Ama-Vegans - abalandeli be-veganism - badla futhi basebenzise imikhiqizo esekelwe ezitshalweni kuphela, okungukuthi, ngaphandle kwezingxenye zemvelaphi yezilwane ekwakhiweni kwabo.
Ama-Vegan angabantu abadla imifino abaqinile abangagcini nje ngokukhipha inyama nenhlanzi ekudleni kwabo, kodwa futhi abafaki noma yimiphi eminye imikhiqizo yezilwane - amaqanda, ubisi, uju, nokunye okunjalo. Izilwane ezidla inyama azigqoki isikhumba, uboya, uboya, noma izingubo zikasilika futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, azisebenzisi imikhiqizo ehlolwe ezilwaneni.
Izizathu zokwenqaba zingahluka, kepha okuyinhloko ukungavumi ukubandakanyeka ekubulaweni nasesihluku sezilwane.
Ngosuku olufanayo lweVegan, emazweni amaningi omhlaba, abamele iVegan Society nezinye izishoshovu babamba imicimbi eyahlukahlukene yezemfundo kanye neyokusiza kanye nemikhankaso yolwazi enikezelwe kwingqikithi yeholide.
Ake sikukhumbuze ukuthi i-Vegan Day iqeda lokho okubizwa ngokuthi yinyanga yokuqwashisa ngemifino, eqale ngo-Okthoba 1 - kuqhubeke.