Birthdays From Around The World

BIRTHDAYS FROM AROUND THE WORLD BRITAIN DESIGNED BY A SHLEY CROMPTON CANADA SIMILAR TRADITIONS CHINA CELEBRATED MANY DIFFERENT WAYS MEXICO INDIA AUSTRALIA NIGERIA BRAZIL Americans celebrate their birthdays in many different ways. Usually, the person having the birthday gets to pick how they want to celebrate it. Some choose to go bowling, arcades, or roller skating Almost all Americans, however, celebrate with a cake. The cake displays how old they are going to be with the number of candles on the cake. They then try to blow all the candles out with their eyes closed, to make a wish. CANADA MEXICO BRAZIL BRITAIN NIGERIA INDIA CHINA AUSTRALIA There are four very important bir thdays in Nigeria, the Ist, 5th, 10th and 15th Over 100 guest are In Brazil the person's house is In India, a child's Ist birthday is usually celebrated with the shaving of their head By shaving the child's head they are removing any evil from a past life. On the day of your birthday, one usually dresses in colorfu dothing could be a sign they will be rich and shows repect to their parents. The bir thday meal will include cury and chutney, which is a spicy vegetable stew and for dessert "dudh pakh". In Canada the child usually Almost like Canada and the United States, Britain dso celebrates with a cake. However, the cakes they boke are filled with many different objects In medevd times, the objects had different mearings. Today, they are filled with smal figures, fake coins, and small candies Austraia is known for its warm An item you wold most likely seen at a kids birthday party in Mexico is a pinata A pinata is made out of paper, then filled with goodies and hung up. The birthday kid gets to hit the pinata In China when a baby tums one, the baby is paced in the center of many different objects Whatever Austradians' bir thday parties are object the baby picks up can help tell his/her future. For example, if outside. A food most children eat a baby reaches for a coin, this recieves a spot of grease on their nose for good luck. The idea is decorated with barners and weather year round, so most many brightly colored paper flowers The children are usudly given candes shaped like fruts and vegetables to eat invited to each of these celebra- that the bad luck can not stick to celebrated with a barbeque, the child if they are too "slippery". The food they have on their bir thday is dbout the same as the until dl the goodies come out in United States They are giving a cke, but inside the cake isa coin Whoever finds the coin first tions Each one is celebrated by the roasting of a whole arima, most of the time it is usually a COw or a goat Another maindish they serve is "jollof rice", which is rice mixed with tomatoes, red on their birthday in Australia is caled "Fairy Bread", which is a buttered bread covered with tiny sprinkles A girl's 15th bir thday is a massive celebration The party is to introduce her to everyone as a young woman. when they grow up. Family and friends get together for lunch and celebrate by eating extra lang noodles, which represent their long life ahead is the first person to play dl the party games peppers onions, and cassava (taste like sweet potato).