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Cultural Differences in Birthday Celebrations

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When I was in Cambodia, I was told that most Cambodians don't celebrate their birthdays. particularly those in rural areas who don't keep formal calendars. When I purchased the above card from a street vendor in Phnom Penh for Sara's birthday, I asked her why she sold birthday cards if people didn't celebrate the day?

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Moon Phases: Chinese New Years

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The calendar New Year also makes me think about celebrating Chinese New Years which we do in our house as well. Robin, from the Chinese New Year blog sent along this cool moon phase calendar as a reminder. Click through to see the enlargement Screen capture used with permission. It's the Year of the Pig which begins on Feb.

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Blog Day and One Web Day: Are You Participating?

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On that day, I'll be in Cambodia at the first Cambodian Blogger Summit Conference. I enjoyed Sopheap's recent post about public education about not littering in Cambodia ) After I get back in September, OneWebDay is next community web event on my calendar scheduled for September 22, 2007. Nonprofits can help make the web ???

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