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WHEN FILIPINOS TURN

SEVEN YEARS OLD

• Gabrielle Iryn S. Yatco • Illustrator: Edward Joseph B. Uy

urning seven years old is important to Filipinos. By age seven, a
child has done many things already. Take yourself for example! You
Tare in Grade 1 now. You have finished pre-school already! What a
job well done!

By age seven, a child also has his or her hobbies. He or she already
knows right from wrong. He or she does household chores, too. For these, a
child does deserve to be celebrated.

Birthday parties do not have to
Celebrate Success
Some people say that a child’s be grand. They do not have to cost
success by this age is a cause for a much money. A simple gathering
birthday party. This is why many with family and friends is enough.
Filipino parents give their children Usual Handaan and Games
birthday celebrations when they turn A cake and the sweet spaghetti
seven. that Filipinos love are usually

present in seventh-birthday parties.
Hotdogs and marshmallows on sticks
are also served regularly.

Let us not forget about the party
games! There is hampas palayok.
Here, you break the palayok open by
striking it with a long, hard stick.
The pabitin is also a usual party
game. Getting the prizes adds more
to the fun!

Birthday parties are all about
enjoying your special day with
family and friends.

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