Birthday celebration traditions in East Asian countries (China, South Korea and Japan) and Lithuania

You you think that Western culture has influenced your country's traditions? If yes, then how? Have you found some examples in your life?

  1. I don't know that much about birthday traditions of other countries so I really can not tell if our own culture has been influenced by them.
  2. Cake , party
  3. Maybe yes, because cakes are not Japanese traditional food and lyrics of the song either aren't Japanese.
  4. Yes. We wouldn't eat a cake without western culture. We have a rice cake instead. For kids, it is traditional. When you become 100 days old, it is traditional. Parents invite all relatives to a restautant. Show pics of how the baby has grown. Let the baby grab one item. If a baby grabs a book, he/she will be a professor/scholar. Grabs Money: businessman. Grabs doctor thing- doctor ...
  5. Tortas būdavo visada. Nemanau kad įtakojo, nes kiek pamenu tai visalaik švęsdavome taip pat.
  6. yes i think so. like eating cake, giving flowers…
  7. Of course. Birthday candles, balloons, whislels and so on
  8. Mano, kad taip, paveikė, bet konkrečių pavyzdžių negaliu pateikti, kadangi tiek neišmanau western culture.
  9. I think yes
  10. Yes, people tend to go out more on bd's