How do you celebrate a child's birthday in different countries of the world?

Birthday is an important date in the life of every child. How do different countries celebrate this day?

Africa

Ceremony of initiation. In many African countries, initiation ceremonies are held for groups of children instead of individual birthdays. When children reach a certain age, they study the laws, beliefs, customs, songs and dances of their tribe.

Argentina

Waltz for fifteen years. When the girls turn 15, they are given great parties, where they dance a waltz with their fathers and other boys.

Aruba

Children take refreshments to school for their classmates and teachers. Every teacher who receives a treat from a child gives him a symbolic gift, such as a pen, eraser or postcard. Also, a birthday person can wear any clothes, not a school uniform, on his birthday.

Bolivia

Waltz in white. When the girls turn 16, they wear white dresses and dance a waltz with their fathers and other boys.

Brazil

Pulling the ears. The birthday girl is pulled for earlobes as many times as he has turned. The birthday party also gives the first piece of the holiday cake to the closest person, most often it's Mom or Dad. When a girl turns 15, she dances a waltz, and the first partner for her is her father or grandfather. In total on this day, it should dance with 15 partners, each of which symbolizes the year of life lived.

Canada

Smearing the nose with oil or margarine. In Atlantic Canada (Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland), an ambush is arranged for the birthday person and his nose is smeared with oil for good luck. Oiled nose becomes too slippery for failure to grasp for it. It is believed that this tradition has Scottish roots.

China

Macaroni for lunch. The birthday party honors its parents and receives money as a gift. Friends and relatives are invited to dinner, during which long macaroni are served, symbolizing a long life.

Cuba

Food, music, piñata and a lot of people. The celebration of the birthday here is quite ordinary: food, decorations, gifts, piñata, cake, candles, greeting song and games. However, a huge number of people are invited to the holiday in this country.

Denmark

Hanging the flag. To show that a person living in this house celebrates a birthday, a flag is hung from the window. Gifts are placed around the baby's bed so that he can see them as soon as he wakes up.

Ecuador

Pink dress. When a girl turns 15, she puts on a pink dress, and her father helps her put on her first high-heeled shoes, and then waltzes with her. In parallel with them, another 14 girls and 14 boys dance waltz.

England

Pies with predictions and throwing into the air. For a birthday, a cake is baked, into which certain things are mixed. For example, if you get a piece of cake with a coin, you will be rich. Also, on the birthday of the birthday person, he is thrown into the air on his hands as many times as he turned age.

Germany

Candles burn all day. The family member of the birthday boy gets up at dawn and lights up as many candles on the cake as the birthday boy turns age. Candles then burn all day long, and in the evening the birthday boy makes a wish and blows them out. If he succeeds in blowing out all the candles at once, then his wish will come true.

Ghana

Special food. On the day of birth are served vache (brown rice with beans), shecto (black pepper), meco (red pepper) and red rice with corn beef and fuf (crushed yam and cassava).

Guyana

Special dishes. The main dish at the birthday party is a curry with chicken, duck or lamb meat. The birthday girl wears something very beautiful on this day.

Holland

Special dates. In Holland, specific birthdays are especially impressive: 5, 10, 15, 20 and 21 years. These days the birthday boy receives a particularly large gift.

Hungary

Pulling the ears. When the gifts are open, everyone pulls the birthday boy for the ear lobe, while reading the traditional poem.

India

Colored clothes and chocolate. The birthday girl wears a bright colored outfit when she goes to school, and then gives out to all classmates chocolate with the help of her best friend.

Ireland

Throwing into the air. The birthday person is thrown into the air on his hands as many times as he turned age.

Israel

Raising the chair. The child sits on a chair, and adults lift him up and down as many times as the birthday boy turns five years old - plus once for good luck.

Italy

Pulling the ears. The birthday girl is pulled for ears as many times as he turned age.

Jamaica

Sprinkle with flour. During the birthday people dance and sing to the sounds of reggae music. They celebrate the birthday with flour.

Japan

New clothes. The birthday party wears brand-new clothes to celebrate the holiday. Some birthdays are more important than others, and they are celebrated by going to the altar.

Korea

The choice that determines the future. On the first birthday a big family party is arranged. On the table you can find not only a variety of food, but also four items: a pen, ruler, thread and money. The child chooses one of these items, determining his fate: an excellent student, a good worker, a long-liver or a rich man.

Latvia

Raising the chair. The birthday party sits on a chair, and friends and relatives raise it as many times as the birthday was fulfilled.

Lithuania

Garlands and chair lifting. Garlands are hung on the door of the birthday man. He sits on a richly decorated chair, and his relatives raise him as many times as he turned age.

Mexico

Piñata. Piñata is made of papier-mâché in the form of an animal and filled with delicacies, and then suspended. Birthday is fastened to the eyes and gives a stick to which he beats the piñata until it breaks. After this, all the children share sweets.

Nepal

Mark on the forehead. With the help of a mixture of rice yogurt and dye on the forehead of the birthday boy a mark is made for luck.

New Zealand

Clap your hands. When candles are lit on a festive cake, guests sing a congratulatory song, and then clap their hands as many times as the birthday boy has lived - plus once for good luck.

Norway

Festive dance. The birthday party becomes in front of the whole class and chooses one person with whom he wants to dance a festive dance, and all other children sing a congratulatory song at that time.

Panama

Piñata and great parties. Piñata is the main element of the party. Most often they are made in the form of an animal and a character that corresponds to the theme of the party. Piñata is filled with sweets and confetti, after which it is broken with a stick or pulled by ropes so that it will untie.

Philippines

A mixture of East and West. For birthday cakes of different shapes and sizes are baked. Celebration includes long pasta, symbolizing a long life, decoration with balloons and piñata.

Puerto Rico

A pat on the shoulder. The birthday party claps on the shoulder as many times as he has turned. Then a big party is held, part of which is a formal celebratory dinner.

Russia

Holiday pies. Many Russian children, instead of festive cakes, bake festive pies, decorating the crust with congratulations.

Scotland

Pound and slap. For each year, lived by the birthday boy, he receives a pound banknote - plus another for good luck. He also gets as many light slaps below his back.

South Africa

The key is on the 21st birthday. On the 21st birthday, the birthday boy receives a key that can be made from anything, from paper to foil, from his parents. It symbolizes that their child is ready to open the door to his future independently.

USA

Cake, candles and song. The festive cake is decorated with candles, which should be as many as the birthday was fulfilled. Then the candles are ignited, and everyone is singing a congratulatory song, and when they finish, the birthday boy blows out the candles, making a wish. If he succeeds in blowing out all the candles on the first attempt, his wish will come true.

Uruguay

Waltz in 15 years. The main ritual of the holiday in this country is a cake with candles that are lit. When the light goes out. Everyone is singing a congratulatory song, and when they finish they start making noise, whistling, shouting congratulations and patting the birthday boy on the shoulder. When the girl turns 15, she puts on an evening dress and dances a waltz with potential suitors.

Vietnam

All birthdays are celebrated in the New Year. The day in which the New Year is celebrated in Vietnam is also the birthday of each person.