7. Birthday Cake Surprise – Mexico
Beware, if you go down to Mexico to celebrate your birthday at a party, you may be in for a big surprise. After everyone sings “Happy Birthday”, you would be encouraged to take the first bite of the birthday cake.
As soon as your face is really close to the cake, it would be gently pushed into the icing. It is called “la mordida”, so while your face is buried in cake everyone around shouts “Mordida”, which generally means “bite”. Interestingly enough, mordida also means bribe in this country.
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