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Traditional Ritual of a Child – Bestowal of Names
The new born baby is placed on the mat as we can see in the image then the elder’s (child’s grandfather who will name the child) will hold the mat and chant “yara bula, yara bula, yara bula’ elders also utters words of encouragement, motivation, inspiration, praise to lift the spirit of the child till he/she reaches adulthood.
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Traditional Ritual of a Child – Bestowal of Names
Upon bestowing the name Adi Talatoka Tikomaijamani Navakaroko, the elders ask for blessings on the name that she will be called for the rest of her life. Yaqona and magiti (food prepared for the occasion) is then presented to the chief of Nabobuco, to the chief of Nababa, those that nurture the child and the spokesman who is presenting the yaqona, magiti and the qaviqavi (stable food).
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Sadeh
The "Sadeh festival" is the largest fire celebration and one of the oldest known traditions in ancient Persia, which is celebrated forty days after the Yalda Night as thanksgiving for God's blessings by Zoroastrians.\nThis celebration is a sign of the importance of light, fire and energy in life, which begins with setting the fire on the top of mountains and roofs of houses near the sunset of the tenth of Bahman. The Sadeh festival is one of the great Iranian celebrations with no religious aspect and all the stories related to it are non-religious. This celebration would has been held by the kings, emirs and ordinary people from the pre-Islamic period, the Islamic era, until the late Khwarazmian era and the Mongol conquest and has continued to this day. There have been various narratives and opinions about the naming of the Sadeh and setting the fire.\nSadeh celebration is held in many cities and villages of Iran and by Zoroastrians residing in other countries with the gathering and the presence of Zoroastrian, Muslim, and Persian Jews and etc., in one place, with the establishment of a large fire outside the city and the implementation of the different programs. Today, according to the custom of this magnificent celebration in many regions of Iran despite the passing of thousands of years since the first Sadeh, no significant changes have been made in this celebration.
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Sadeh
The "Sadeh festival" is the largest fire celebration and one of the oldest known traditions in ancient Persia, which is celebrated forty days after the Yalda Night as thanksgiving for God's blessings by Zoroastrians.\nThis celebration is a sign of the importance of light, fire and energy in life, which begins with setting the fire on the top of mountains and roofs of houses near the sunset of the tenth of Bahman. The Sadeh festival is one of the great Iranian celebrations with no religious aspect and all the stories related to it are non-religious. This celebration would has been held by the kings, emirs and ordinary people from the pre-Islamic period, the Islamic era, until the late Khwarazmian era and the Mongol conquest and has continued to this day. There have been various narratives and opinions about the naming of the Sadeh and setting the fire.\nSadeh celebration is held in many cities and villages of Iran and by Zoroastrians residing in other countries with the gathering and the presence of Zoroastrian, Muslim, and Persian Jews and etc., in one place, with the establishment of a large fire outside the city and the implementation of the different programs. Today, according to the custom of this magnificent celebration in many regions of Iran despite the passing of thousands of years since the first Sadeh, no significant changes have been made in this celebration.\n\n
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Sadeh
The "Sadeh festival" is the largest fire celebration and one of the oldest known traditions in ancient Persia, which is celebrated forty days after the Yalda Night as thanksgiving for God's blessings by Zoroastrians.\nThis celebration is a sign of the importance of light, fire and energy in life, which begins with setting the fire on the top of mountains and roofs of houses near the sunset of the tenth of Bahman. The Sadeh festival is one of the great Iranian celebrations with no religious aspect and all the stories related to it are non-religious. This celebration would has been held by the kings, emirs and ordinary people from the pre-Islamic period, the Islamic era, until the late Khwarazmian era and the Mongol conquest and has continued to this day. There have been various narratives and opinions about the naming of the Sadeh and setting the fire.\nSadeh celebration is held in many cities and villages of Iran and by Zoroastrians residing in other countries with the gathering and the presence of Zoroastrian, Muslim, and Persian Jews and etc., in one place, with the establishment of a large fire outside the city and the implementation of the different programs. Today, according to the custom of this magnificent celebration in many regions of Iran despite the passing of thousands of years since the first Sadeh, no significant changes have been made in this celebration.\n\n
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The custom of giving ablution to a child
Mongolians consider childbirth as a good omen. Mongols perform an ablution to a child in order to honor the one who has adapted the form of a precious human being and has been born on the earth as a little citizen of the state. A new born baby is washed ceremonially with pure water of its birthplace and welcomed by parents and relatives, and life-long name is given. It is a sole that a midwife, who plays a main role in the custom of naming and giving ablution to a child, is considered as the most respected guest of that custom. People who joined in this ceremony including midwife are giving gifts to new born child, such as clothes and items, and close relatives give a foal, calf and baby camel for purpose of preparing livestock of future herder. During the ceremony, people say praises, sing a lullaby and songs that compliments the parent.
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Traditional Ritual of a Child – Bestowal of Names
Magiti (food prepared for the occasion) and the qaviqavi (stable food) shared among the elders during the bestowing of the child’s name not only that the food is consumed during the chanting of the Kinikinibua; And once the naming ceremony is coming to an end, a yaqona and iyau (mats) is then presented by the child’s parents to show their appreciation to their family members/clan, this yaqona is known as ivono ni yaca, the name that has been bestowed, it also marks the completion of the ceremony.
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Traditional customs related to the childhood
Mongolians deeply respect childbirth and childhood as a good omen and bright future. They have many valuable customs related to the childhood. For instance, there are the custom of naming, custom of ablution to a child, customs of cutting the child’s hair for the first time, etc.
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Naming the child
Since ancient times, on the occasion of the birth of a baby, the Kyrgyz have had a number of actions filled with joy. Particular importance was attached to the naming of the name - "at koyuu". It was believed that the name of the child should be given either by the most respected person or the first one who saw the child, since the name has strong magical properties and can influence the fate of a person. When giving the name of the newborn, they carefully examined, paid attention to the characteristic features and then gave a name that should correspond to the child.
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Traditional Ritual of a Child – Bestowal of Names
Straight after the sevusevu a bath tub or basin filled with water, live prawns& bua leaves is brought forward for the naming procedure to commence. The usage of bua leaves& live prawns signifies life in both the sea and the land. It is their belief that the child will know her/his traditional role and responsibility not only but will also survive in both the sea and land. Once the basin is filled with water, prawns and buaniviti leaves (Fagraea Berteriana: Loganiaceae) an elder will carry the new born and dip his/her legs to the water, after dipping it in the water.
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Traditional Ritual of a Child – Bestowal of Names
Elders of the family and other kinship ties present performed the ritual of naming the first born child. \n\t\nThen a first kava presented which is normally the sevusevu of the child. A second kava was presented by heralds signifying the ancient ritual of the vanua “lotu vakavanua” to introduce the name yet to be bestowed upon the child.\n
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