Atlas of Birthday Rituals: How Birthdays Are Celebrated Worldwide — from Mexico to South Korea and from Canada to Nigeria
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Educational cultural atlas page comparing birthday traditions around the world. Five illustrated panels: 1) Mexico — La Piñata: children blindfolded taking turns hitting a colourful star-shaped piñata; when it breaks, sweets fall everywhere. Also showing the birthday 'mordida' (face pushed into cake). 2) South Korea — Doljanchi (first birthday): a baby before a table with symbolic objects (book=wisdom, money=wealth, thread=long life), whichever the baby reaches for predicts the future. 3) Nigeria — Sharing food with community: the birthday family shares food with the entire neighbourhood — a communal approach. 4) Canada — Greased nose: the Canadian birthday tradition of greasing the birthday child's nose so bad luck can't stick. 5) Jamaica — Flour thrown: friends throw flour on the birthday child for good luck.
