I don't know! In Judaism, I don't think birthdays are part of any special traditions, other than having a bar/bat mitzva at the age of 13/12, symbolic of becoming a man/woman. It makes sense that the tradition of birthdays came from the surrounding cultures, especially considering that most Jews celebrate them according to the Gregorian calender and not the Jewish calender.
(And ha, 'mabruk' os a common slang word here for congratulations, coming from Arabic.) And sorry for assuming you spoke Hindi - I actually didn't remember what you spoke, and wikipedia said the official languages of India were English and Hindi, so I just went with it.
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Date: 2008-01-14 08:18 pm (UTC)(And ha, 'mabruk' os a common slang word here for congratulations, coming from Arabic.) And sorry for assuming you spoke Hindi - I actually didn't remember what you spoke, and wikipedia said the official languages of India were English and Hindi, so I just went with it.