Birthday cake ideas

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There might be a discussion about this on the talk page. Birthday cakes are very commonplace in birthday celebrations. Here, a black forest cake is adorned with candles and a topper indicating the recipient’s 40th birthday. A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person, or figuratively of an institution.

In Nepal and India, on a child’s first birthday, their head is shaved while being held by a special fire. Removal of the hair is believed to cleanse the child of any evil in past lives, and symbolizes a renewal of the soul. Hindu male children of some castes, like Brahmins, have the 12th or 13th birthday replaced with a grand “thread ceremony”. The child takes a blessed thread and wears it, symbolizing his coming of age. In the Philippines, a coming-of-age party called a debut is held for young women on their 18th birthday, and for young men on their 21st birthday. In some Asian countries that follow the zodiac calendar, there is a tradition of celebrating the 60th birthday.