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Birthday traditions reflected the culture's deep-seated focus on longevity and wordplay. From the homophony in some dialects between 酒 ("rice wine") and 久 (meaning "long" in the sense of time passing), osmanthus and other rice wines are traditional gifts for birthdays in China.
In Christianity, the birth of Jesus to a virgin in Bethlehem is symbolically connected to Virgo. The ancient Zodiac began with Virgo and ended with Leo. In Hindu astrology, the comparable sign to Virgo is Kanya, which also means "maiden."
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]
Birth (in blue) and death (in red) rates of Japan since 1950, with the sudden drop in births during hinoeuma year (1966) In India, there is a long-established and widespread belief in astrology. It is commonly used for daily life, particularly in matters concerning marriage and career, and makes extensive use of electional , horary and karmic ...
Numerology is a practice that ascribes meaning to specific digits and series of digits. The last day of the year — Dec. 31, 2023 — is particularly intriguing, numerologically speaking.
Shashtipurti is regarded to signify a bridge between the householder's domestic concerns and vanaprastha's (the third stage of life) spiritual yearnings. During vanaprastha , the married couple is to fulfill their life's mission by staying together through observance of celibacy. [ 5 ]
Gen Z TikTok figures out exactly what a platinum birthday is.
Buddha's Birthday or Buddha Day (also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, and Buddha Pournami) is a primarily Buddhist festival that is celebrated in most of South, Southeast and East Asia, commemorating the birth of the prince Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Gautama Buddha and founded Buddhism.