Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Birthday Bumps

 


















Birthday Bumps is a type of birthday celebrations which is carried out around the world. Birthday  Bumps involves giving some physical torture to birthday person in order to eliminate evil and allow attraction of good luck. Physical tortures in birthday bumps includes kicks, punches, earlobe pulling, etc.

Birthdays Bumps are mostly common in Ireland, US and UK. The number of bumps given is equal to the age of the person and a extra bump is given as luck. Normally, Birthday Bumps are carried out by children only because adults becomes too weighty to course.

In Canada and US, birthday bumps are given in the form of punches which is equal to the age of the birthday boy or girl. In Hungary,Brazil,  Argentina, Italy, etc, birthday bumps are delivered in the form of earlobe pull. In Hungary, birthday bumps includes earlobe pulling too and reciting a birthday rhyme with the blessing of long live.

In India birthday bumps are carried out by holding the birthday boy in the air and giving some kicks on his buttocks.

In Israel, a birthday child going to kindergarten in lifted in a decorated chair, making him or her sit on to the air many times.

In Venezuela, person's face is pushed into the cake during the process of candle blowing which mostly destrys the cake.

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