Everyone in the World has a birthday.
Based on interviews with real people, award-winning author Margriet Ruurs tells the uniq.
And rather than celebrating his own birthday, Phuc Khang in Vietnam joins in the festivities during Tet, when everyone in the country turns one year older.
Ieva in Latvia is raised in the birthday chair, one lift for each year.
Meet Mercedes in Peru, who eats a cake and a purple pudding called mazamorra morada.
But Birthdays are not celebrated in the same way everywhere.
Everyone in the World has a birthday