Jumping through a baby, diving and dancing. Discover 25 customs celebrating the birth of a kid in the world

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“Welcome to the world!” say frequently the parents of the kid inactive in the hospital. Worldwide, the birth of a kid is simply a joy and hope and an chance to celebrate for the full family, and sometimes, like in Africa, for the full village. What customs accompany the emergence of fresh life in the planet are blessed or born? We introduce over 20 of them. They can be creative, joyful or strange. Which of them do you think is worth popularising in Poland?

Name is simply a serious matter

W The kid is not given a name until a period after birth. This name is given to him by a lama (Buddhist spiritual teacher) or an older household member.

Oshichiya Meimei Shiki This Japanese ceremony giving a name to a kid who traditionally falls 7 nights after birth. During the intimate meeting, guests present cash gifts and attend a solemn meal. The child's name is announced and recorded with elegant calligraphy on a scroll or card. Comfort is during this ceremony and for the next 10 days dressed in white.

W Ghana's naming ceremony takes place on the 8th day and is connected to the first exit outside the house. Outdooring is simply a household celebration combined with gifts and is held outdoors. Boys were circumcised that day and the girls were pierced with ears (this is frequently done in the infirmary today).

In Poland, we frequently give names after relatives, e.g. after grandma or grandfather. For example, the oldest granddaughter or the oldest granddaughter receives them. In many lands in the world, names are chosen after ancestors: John is the father of John.

Among the Jews, in turn, in ancient times, the theophoric names were frequently chosen, or ones that referred to God (in Polish they would most likely sound Bogumił, Bogusław, etc.).

Sing that a kid is born

Irri muo This is the solemn song of the Nigerian people Igbo, sung at the time of the birth of the child. The female who first hears the joyous news gives announcement to others with a keen and joyful singing, intertwined with shouts and music. The song's text is simply a form of thanksgiving to God and a request for good life and gifts to the child, including health. Anyone can join the song, even by simple singing: ‘tisie ya ike oooo!‘or ‘sing it louder!’. And the song umanva they execute themselves women, accompanying a young parent during childbirth. matrimony finds social importance and fulfillment in Nigeria after the birth of a child.

Nanu Ngai is simply a vacation in India in the Tamenglong region dedicated to children born in the past year, which is celebrated in the home of the oldest woman. He is accompanied by songs about fertility, lasting 3 days. peculiar rites accompany the blessing of children.

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First meal, first contact of the earth

W Japan celebrates custom ocuisome – the first food ceremony, already erstwhile the baby is 100 days old. Children are frequently beautifully dressed in conventional outfits – kimona, and peculiar trays with bowls are utilized for the ceremony. The menu is intended alternatively for adults, so children, if any, only effort it. This meal (obviously utilizing conventional chopsticks) has a symbolic dimension, the point is that the kid will never deficiency food. 2 rice cakes of considerable weight – due to the fact that weighing a kilo, white and red – are presented in turn to the kid in the Country of the Flowering Cherry during the ceremony for the year. They're meant to symbolize that a kid can handle the hardships of life.

In Malawi, in turn, young mothers consume (after giving birth) a peculiar soya, corn, and sugar porridge to strengthen themselves. In the village of Haryana, India, locals usage sweets erstwhile a girl is born. On the Indonesian island of Bali After 105 days of birth, the household gathers to celebrate Nyabutan – a ceremony erstwhile the kid first touches the ground.

Diving “on the head”

Religious practices have a higher, independent purpose, but at the same time they are a form of celebration of the birth of a child, so we list them here. In the Catholic rite it is the sacrament of baptism and the celebration accompanying it erstwhile the full household gathers at the table. In Protestant churches there is simply a ceremony of blessing a small child, combined with prayers; sometimes besides with prophecies.

The baptism of a kid in Georgia looks rather demanding, on Epiphany Day, January 19. The baby is turned upside down and immersed 3 times in the head down (the video can be viewed Here.). This practice is not always safe and is besides known in another Orthodox countries, but the massiness of this rite was unique. The ingenious and influential Patriarch of Georgia, to remedy the low birth rate, announced that he would personally baptize in the cathedral all 3rd and subsequent kid in the family. In 2017, he baptised 780 children, in 2020 only 500...

Among the Jews is the circumcision of a male descendant, which should take place on the eighth day after birth. The celebration of Shalom Zachar on the first Sabbath after birth is celebrated among Ashkenazi Jews – this is simply a private home celebration erstwhile guests pray for prosperity, wellness and holiness for the boy, thanking God for him. The celebrations spice up snacks.

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Magic practices – masks, henna and threads

The customs associated with the birth of a kid take a different form, sometimes they are magical or superstitious practices, which, of course, we do not urge to follow. In Tibet, 2 banners are hanged, 1 to drive distant evil spirits, the another to draw happiness and wealth. If a boy is born, he is wrapped in a white scarf, if the girl is black. Pictures can only be taken after 100 days. In India, in turn, a kind of black ink is applied around the eyes and on the forehead of the baby (kohl or kajal) to defend them from evil spirits.

Magic practices combined with cosmetic elements are utilized in Madagascar. Freshly baked moms paint their faces with a peculiar mush made of torn sandalwood, creating a kind of light beige mask, fulfilling a kind of filter protecting from both the sun and the action of evil spirits. Moms and children are besides not allowed to go outside for 7 days.

In Poland, sometimes there is simply a red thread around the child's wrist for the alleged charm. Is the desire for a spell, but here for the welfare of a child, the customized of giving a newborn a coin to grandmothers in Scotland? It is meant to supply health, happiness, good life.

Separate customs for girls and boys

Hatsu-Zekku This is the first celebration of girls (i.e. hinamatsuri) in their daughter's life in Japan March 3rd. It is celebrated all year, but the erstwhile is especially solemn. Then for the first time a peculiar laka is decorated – hyna, dressed a conventional outfit, which is expected to express the symbol of want of good wellness and happiness (once dolls were expected to take on all the misfortunes, so they were thrown into the river). On May 5th there is simply a festival of boys – Tango no Sekku, which has been renamed the more egalitarian kid Day, but the old tradition holds very tight. Strangely, it is not only the children who are at the center of attention, due to the fact that they can besides repay their parents for the hard work of raising. On the roofs of houses or balconies, decorative kites are hung – carp (in the form of a sleeve made of fabric), due to the fact that this fish symbolizes perseverance, pull and strength. These are koi-nobori.

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Umbilical, tree planting and another universal customs

It turns out that the practice of divining the destiny of the kid through the object which it will choose (on the occasion of the year), which is sometimes practiced besides in Poland, has its nipponese counterpart – erabitori. A fewer items are placed in front of a kid in Japan, specified as a pen, money, a ruler, and chopsticks. This kind of luck is besides performed in South Korea, but on the hundredth day of birth. Interesting is 1 of the items included in its course – the rope. It is intended to symbolize a long life.

Polish navels are besides practiced in Nigeria or the UK (in a conventional pub) – this is just to "wet the baby's head". Well, drunken habits, as you can see, are besides universal.

A repetitive tradition in the world, although not in Poland, is to bury the remains of the birth. In fresh Zealand, the placenta should be planted on the dirt of the ancestors. This act is intended to preserve intergenerational communication. There is simply a akin tradition in the Bahamas. Burying the baby's umbilical cord in the backyard is expected to make you always find your way home.

Recently, we wrote about the habit of celebrating the birth of a kid by planting a tree (in Poland). But no 1 can break the village Piplantri in the Indian Rajasthan, where its erstwhile leader came up with the thought to celebrate the birth of all girl (which is frequently not welcome in families and are killed in the course of a selective abortion) by planting 111 trees.

Baby shower becoming popular in Poland

Some of the forms of celebration that we besides know are clearly borrowed from abroad. Baby shower It is simply a popular tradition throughout the Anglo-Saxon world. parent (and the baby in the belly) is talented before the birth, another women accompany her in this way and make the last, frequently the most hard weeks before the birth. This tradition is becoming increasingly popular in Poland as well as under the name “boat” or “beech”. It's common for a kid to be found. It is simply a time of fun and celebration, balloons and garland or delicious treats, which can besides be enriched with competitions, specified as changing dolls with closed eyes on time or painting mom's belly (there can besides be stickers or glitter!).

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Stork or bow? How about jumping by kids?

I wonder what traditions we could instill in Poland. As we can specify the planet capital of the stork, I believe that the possible of the stork is definitely not exploited here. Let us remind, in Poland it is simply a stork by tradition that usually brings children. possibly in all home where the baby was born, you should hang a stork mascot with a name on a ribbon or make a stork nest for real storks? What if all councilman, mayor or president of the city got active in specified a custom?

I like the Italian customized very much. Outside the house, for example on the door or gate, peculiar plates with basic information like the sex, weight and tallness of the kid along with his name are displayed. Of course in the right colors: pink for girls and blue for boys (this is another global tradition). frequently the name is given on a decorative bow in the appropriate colour with hanging shoes.

How does Poland rank in terms of joyful traditions, which are a affirmative example of celebrating the birth of a child, strengthening a affirmative culture of fertility, which appreciates both parenthood and the kid itself, and besides encourages motherhood or fatherhood of others? I think we're missing specified beautiful customs.

The dance of the full village, which I heard about in the case of Africa, would most likely be hard to apply in Poland, at least not in cities, but possibly we will be inspired by another examples from the world? Though the customized jumping by men over children in the tiny village of Castrillo de Murcia in the mountains of Spanish Cantabria (this tradition dates back more than 400 years) as I find it alternatively out...