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  2. Birthday customs and celebrations - Wikipedia

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    A birthday party usually includes gifts for the person whose birthday it is. In Israel, part of the birthday celebration for a child in kindergarten is to lift the decorated chair that the child sits on into the air several times, once for each year of the child's age, plus "one for the next year". [1] [2]

  3. Birthday - Wikipedia

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    Other birthday activities may include entertainment (sometimes by a hired professional, i.e., a clown, magician, or musician) and a special toast or speech by the birthday celebrant. The last stanza of Patty Hill 's and Mildred Hill 's famous song, "Good Morning to You" (unofficially titled " Happy Birthday to You ") is typically sung by the ...

  4. Birthday cake - Wikipedia

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    Birthday cake with 18 candles for the celebrant's 18th birthday. A birthday cake is a cake eaten as part of a birthday celebration. While there is no standard for birthday cakes, they are typically highly decorated layer cakes covered in frosting, often featuring birthday wishes ("Happy birthdays") and the celebrant's name.

  5. Rama Navami - Wikipedia

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    Birthday of Rama: Celebrations: Puja to Ram Lalla: Observances: Puja, Vrata (fast), recitation of the Ramayana and its other versions, charity, and bhajan: Date: Chaitra Shukla Navami: 2024 date: 17 April (Eastern hemisphere) [1] 16 April (Western hemisphere) [2] 2025 date: 6 April (Eastern hemisphere) [3] 5 April (Western hemisphere) [4 ...

  6. Naming ceremony - Wikipedia

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    The purpose is to recognise and celebrate the arrival of a child and welcome him or her in the family and circle of friends. The structure often reflects that of more traditional naming ceremonies, with a formal ceremony led by a humanist celebrant in which the parents name 'guide parents', 'mentors' or 'supporting adults' instead of godparents ...

  7. Birthday card - Wikipedia

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    A selection of birthday cards. A birthday card is a greeting card given or sent to a person to celebrate their birthday.Similar to a birthday cake, birthday card traditions vary by culture but the origin of birthday cards is unclear. [1]

  8. Celebrancy - Wikipedia

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    The wedding is the flagship ceremony of every culture. Celebrancy is a profession founded in Australia in 1973 by the then Australian attorney-general Lionel Murphy. [1] The aim of the celebrancy program was to authorise persons to officiate at secular ceremonies of substance, meaning and dignity mainly for non-church people.

  9. Hindustani vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, like all Indo-Aryan languages, has a core base of Sanskrit-derived vocabulary, which it gained through Prakrit. [1] As such the standardized registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu) share a common vocabulary, especially on the colloquial level. [ 2 ]