Celebrating life customs around the world : from baby showers to funerals

Author(s)

• Williams, Victoria

Bibliographic Information

Celebrating life customs around the world : from baby showers to funerals

Victoria Williams

ABC-CLIO, c2017

• : set
• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3

Note

Vol.1. Birth and Childhood -- v. 2. Adolescence and early adulthood -- v. 3. Aging and death

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book documents hundreds of customs and traditions practiced in countries outside of the United States, showcasing the diversity of birth, coming-of-age, and death celebrations worldwide. From the beginning of our lives to the end, all of humanity celebrates life's milestones through traditions and unique customs. In the United States, we have specific events like baby showers, rites of passage such as Bat and Bar Mitzvahs and "sweet 16" birthday parties, and sober end-of-life traditions like obituaries and funeral services that honor those who have died. But what kinds of customs and traditions are practiced in other countries? How do people in other cultures welcome babies, prepare to enter into adulthood, and commemorate the end of the lives of loved ones? This three-volume encyclopedia covers more than 300 birth, life, and death customs, with the books' content organized chronologically by life stage. Volume 1 focuses on birth and childhood customs, Volume 2 documents adolescent and early-adulthood customs, and Volume 3 looks at aging and death customs. The entries in the first volume examine pre-birth traditions, such as baby showers and other gift-giving events, and post-birth customs, such as naming ceremonies, child-rearing practices, and traditions performed to ward off evil or promote good health. The second volume contains information about rites of passage as children become adults, including indigenous initiations, marriage customs, and religious ceremonies. The final volume concludes with coverage on customs associated with aging and death, such as retirement celebrations, elaborate funeral processions, and the creation of fantasy coffins. The set features beautiful color inserts that illustrate examples of celebrations and ceremonies and includes an appendix of excerpts from primary documents that include legislation on government-accepted names, wedding vows, and maternity/paternity leave regulations.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Geographical List of Entries Volume 1: Birth and Childhood Akan Baby-Naming Ceremonies, Ghana Akka Goddess Customs, Saami Apache Baby Ceremonies, Apache Atiq Ceremony, Inuit Baba Marta, Bulgaria Babinden: Day of the Midwife, Bulgaria Baby Gender Prediction Chart, China Baby Racing, International Baby Showers, International Baby Welcoming, Paganism Baptism and Christening, Christianity Bedwetting Remedies, Traditional, International Beschuit met Muisjes, Suikerboon, and Dragées, Europe Birth Trees, International Birthday Cakes, International Birthday Candles, International Birthday Cards, International Birthday Torments, International Birthdays, International Birthstones, International Bismillah Ceremony, Islam Blessingway Ceremony, Navajo Blidworth Cradle Rocking Ceremony, England Blooding, United Kingdom Blue Peter Badge, United Kingdom Breastfeeding, International Brit Milah, Judaism Bulgarian Birth Customs, Bulgaria Burying the Placenta, International Calabash Chalk, Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States, and Canada Cardboard Box Beds, Finland Cerne Abbas Giant, England Changeling Beliefs, International Child Beauty Pageants, International Childermas, Christianity Childhood Vaccinations, International Children's Laureate, United Kingdom Chinese Pregnancy and Birth Rituals, China (including Taiwan) Christening Gown, Christianity Christingle, United Kingdom Related Primary Document: Christingle Service Script Churching of Women, Christianity Related Primary Document: Churching of Mothers Ceremony Script, Greek Orthodox Couvade, International Covering the Belly Button Traditions, Latin America Cradleboard, Native American Crying-Baby Sumo Competition, Japan Cutting the Umbilical Cord Traditions, International Dala Horse, Sweden Devadasi System, India Dream Catcher, Native American Eating Human Placenta, International El Bolo, Mexico El Salto del Colacho Baby Jumping Festival, Spain Entering the Bashali, Pakistan Fady, Madagascar Fairytales, International Father's Day, International Fire-Hair Shaving and Khwan Ceremonies, Thailand First Communion, Christianity Food Taboos in Pregnancy, International Ghanaian Birthday Traditions, Ghana Girl Guides, International Government-Approved Baby Names, International Related Primary Document: Government-Approved Names, Iceland Grasmere Rushbearing, England Groaning Cheese and Groaning Cake, United Kingdom and North America "Happy Birthday" Song, International Hesono-o: Wrapping Umbilical Cord as Keepsake, Japan Hindu Baby Rituals, Hinduism Hopi Naming Rites, Hopi Jamu Medicine and Massage, Indonesia Kangaroo Care, International Kodomo No Hi: Children's Day, Japan Korean Childbirth Customs, Korea Kumari and Deuki, Nepal Kyrgyzstani Childhood Traditions, Kyrgyzstan La Cuarentena, Latin America Ladybird Books, England Lamaze Technique and Bradley Method, International Latvian Birth Traditions, Latvia Legong, Indonesia Little Edith's Treat, England Lohusa Serbeti, Turkey Lotus Birthing, International Lullabies, International May Crowning Ritual, Catholicism Mistletoe, International "Monday's Child," England Monstrous Punishments for Naughty Children, International Moon-Yuet, China Mother Roasting, Southeast Asia Mothering Sunday, Christianity Mundan Ceremony, India Muslim Birth Rites, Islam Muslim Male Circumcision, Islam Mutterpass, Germany, and Carnet de Santé Maternité, France Name Days, Catholic and Orthodox, and Slava, Serbian Orthodox Nativity Play, International Navjote Ceremony: Zoroastrian Initiation, Zoroastrianism Nordic Napping, Europe Nursery Rhymes, International Nyabutan Ceremony, Indonesia Obando Fertility Dance, Philippines One-Child Policy, China Oshichiya Meimeishiki, Hyakunichimairi, and Okuizome, Japan Pantomime, United Kingdom Parental Leave, International Related Primary Document: Maternity Leave Guide, United Kingdom Related Primary Document: Parental Leave Guide, Australia Related Primary Document: Paternity Leave Guide, United Kingdom Party Games, International Pasni Weaning Ceremony, Nepal Phallus Festivals, International Pidyon Haben: Redemption of the First Born, Judaism Piñata, Mexico Potty Training, International Pregnancy Yoga, International Quccija, Malta Saining, Scotland Saint Nicholas, Christianity Sambatra Mass Circumcision Festival, Madagascar Sarung Buaian, Malaysia Scouts, International Scroggling the Holly, England Sebou, Egypt Setsubun: Children's Bean-throwing Festival, Japan Shengxiao, China Sikh Baby Rites and Naam Karan Naming Ceremony, Sikhism Silver Spoon, United Kingdom Slow Parenting Movement, International Spitting on Babies, International Sprinkling Cake, Ireland Steiner Schools, International Swaddling, International Tibetan Pregnancy and Birth Customs, Tibet Tooth Fairy and Tooth Mouse, International Traditional Teething Remedies, International Trokosi: Female Ritual Servitude, Ghana, Benin, and Togo Tuj, Guatemala Upanayana: Sacred Thread Ritual, Hinduism Waldkindergärten, International Warding Off the Evil Eye, International Water Birth, International Wedding Ring Test, United Kingdom Weihnachtsmärchen and Advent Calendars, Germany Wetting the Baby's Head, International Whuppity Scoorie and Lanimer Day, Scotland Wiccaning, Wicca Wik-Mungkan Naming Ceremony, Aborigine, Australia Witch Ball, International Worry Dolls and Katsina Dolls, Guatemala and Hopi Zuo Yuezi, China Zur-zur and Yankan Gishiri, Sub-Saharan Africa Selected Bibliography for Volume 1 Comprehensive Index Volume 2: Adolescence and Early Adulthood Afghani Betrothal, Afghanistan Andrzejki: St. Andrew's Eve, Poland Arranged Marriage and Forced Marriage, International Assyrian Betrothal and Weddings, International Baccalauréat and Matura, Europe Bachelor and Spinster Balls, Australia Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah, Judaism Beards, International Bed-Courtship, Amish Birthday Humiliations for Singletons, Denmark and Germany Blackening the Bride, Scotland Breast Ironing, Africa and Elsewhere British Wedding Traditions, United Kingdom Bulgarian Weddings, Bulgaria Bullet Ant Initiation, Brazil Burning the Ashen Faggot, England, and The Burning of the Clavie, Scotland Cajun Weddings, United States Chinese Coming-of-Age Ceremonies, China Chisungu, Zambia Chokha Thavani Viddhi: Devipujak Purification Trial, India Choosing Options, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland Christian Wedding Ceremony, Christianity Coming of Age Day, Japan Courtship Whistling, Mexico Cow Jumping, Ethiopia Dastaar Bandi and Amrit Sanchar, Sikhism Dipo Womanhood Ceremony, Ghana Diwali and Kali Pooja, India Related Primary Document: Sandip Roy, "The Great Diwali Fight and Obama," 2009 Dunmow Flitch Trials, England Dyngus Day, Eastern Europe and United States Ear-Piercing Ceremonies, Myanmar and Malaysia Face in Birthday Cake, Mexico Fattening Room Seclusion, Nigeria Female Genital Cutting, Africa, Middle East, Asia, and Elsewhere Fidanzamenti, Italy Filipino Debut, Philippines Forehead-Cutting Initiation, Africa Gap Year, International Gretna Green, Scotland Gwallye, South Korea Hadaka Matsuri, Japan Hair Removal, International Hajj, Islam Handfasting, Scotland, also Neo-Paganism Related Primary Document: Handfasting Ceremony (Sample) Handparting, Wicca Hijab, Islam Hijra, Indian Sub-Continent Hindu Wedding Ceremony, Hinduism Hmong Names, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand Hora, Eastern Europe, and Horah, Judaism Horseshoes, International Human Tooth Sharpening, Indonesia and Africa Inter-Railing, Europe Initiation by Semen Transferal, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu Iria Ceremony, Nigeria Isanaklesh Gotal, Mescalero Apache Jewish Wedding Customs, Judaism Jumping Over the Broom, United Kingdom and United States, also Neo-Paganism Jury Duty, International Related Primary Document: Jury Duty Guide, United States Related Primary Document: Jury Summons Guide, United Kingdom Kumbh Mela, Hinduism La Quinceañera, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States La Soupe, France Ladouvane and St. Sylvester's Day, Bulgaria Land Diving, Vanuatu Lazarovden, Bulgaria Leap Year Proposal, International Lindo, Croatia Lip Plugs, Africa and South America Lobola, Southern Africa Log Riding, Japan Looking for Fern Blossoms, Eastern Europe Lovespoons, Wales Maasai Warrior Initiation, Kenya and Tanzania Majáles, Czech Republic Marriage Banns, Christianity Related Primary Document: Marriage Banns Legislation, United Kingdom Matis Hunting Trials, Brazil Maypoles, Europe Mehndi, International Menstrual Customs, International Menstrual Taboos, International Money Dance, International Moonie Weddings, International Moroccan Weddings, Morocco Muslim Wedding Ceremony, Islam Neck Elongation, Thailand, Myanmar, and South Africa Nkumbi, Democratic Republic of Congo Nyumba Ntobhu: Traditional Same-Sex Marriage, Tanzania Omiai: Japanese Matchmaking, Japan Pika and Nyora, Zimbabwe and Mozambique Polterabend, Germany Polyandry, International Polygyny, International Povitica, Eastern Europe Purity Ball, United States RAG Week, United Kingdom and Ireland Reed Dancing Chastity Ceremony, Kingdom of Swaziland Ritual Tattooing, International Rumspringa, United States and Canada Russefeiring, Norway, and Schoolies Week, Australia Same-Sex Marriage, International Related Primary Document: Same-Sex Civil Partnership Ceremony Text, United Kingdom San-San-Kudo, Japan Scarification, Africa and Papua New Guinea Schuhplattler and Ländler, Germany and Austria Secular Confirmation, Europe Shabka, Islam and Coptic Christianity Shanghai Marriage Market, China Sharo: Public Flogging, Nigeria and Benin Shinbyu, Buddhism Sikh Wedding Ceremony, Sikhism Singles' Day, China, and Black Day, South Korea Sisters' Meal Festival, China Sock Garland, Germany, and Sock Dance, Canada St. Catherine's Day, France St. Dwynwen's Day, Wales Sünnet, Turkey Sunrise Ceremony, Apache, United States Thaipusam: Extreme Ritual Flesh Modification, Hinduism Tooth-Filing Ceremony, Indonesia Training Bras, United States, Europe, and Australasia Trobriand Ritualized Sex and Commitment, Papua New Guinea Twenty-First Birthday Traditions, International Urethral Subincision, Australia, Africa, and South America Vinok, Ukraine Virginity Testing, International Vision Quest, Native American Visiting-Girls Courtship Tradition, China Walkabout, Australia Wedding Anniversaries, International Wedding Cakes, International Wedding Dress and Wedding Ring, International Related Primary Document: Yumi Sakugawa, "An Asian American Wedding," 2009 Wedding March and Bridal Chorus, International White Coat Ceremony and Pinning Ceremony, International Wodaabe Courtship Dance and Festival, Africa Xhosa Circumcision, South Africa Zou Hun: Mosuo Walking Marriages, China Selected Bibliography for Volume 2 Comprehensive Index Volume 3: Aging and Death "Abide With Me," United Kingdom, North America, and Australasia Albanian Funeral Customs, Albania Alkaline Hydrolysis, United Kingdom, Australia, and United States All Souls' Day, Europe and South America Ankou, France and England Assisted Suicide, International Bees, United Kingdom Buddhist Attitudes Toward Death, Buddhism Cairn, International Changing of the Guard Ceremony, United States Chelsea Pensioners, England Chinese Death Customs, China Christian Death Rituals, Christianity Condemned Prisoner's Last Meal, United States Condolences, International Cremation, International Croning, Saging, and Elderling Ceremonies, Paganism Crucifixion Rituals, Philippines Death Dance, International Delaware Indian Death Rituals, North America Related Primary Document: Ray Fadden, Letter to President Harry S. Truman Regarding Burial of an Indian at Arlington National Cemetery, September 3, 1951 Denville Hall & Brinsworth House, England Dia de los Muertos: Day of the Dead, Latin America and United States Doom Metal and Funeral Doom, International Easter Eggs, Christianity Eating the Ashes of the Dead, Brazil and Venezuela Edir, Ethiopia, and Engozi, Uganda Eleanor Crosses, England Embalming, United States Endocannibalism, Papua New Guinea and Brazil Eulogies, International Related Primary Document: President Reagan's Address to the Nation Following the Challenger Shuttle Disaster, 1986 Eyam Plague Sunday Service, England Famadihana, Madagascar Fantasy Coffins, Ghana Finger Amputation, Papua New Guinea Funeral Cakes and Funeral Candy, International Funeral Plants, Europe Funeral Songs, International Goth Subculture, International Grave Rental and Exhumation, Europe and Asia The Great Passing, Romania Hallowe'en and Martinstag, International Halva, International High-Platform Exposure of the Corpse, Australia Hindu Death Customs, Hinduism Isola di San Michele: Venice's Cemetery Island, Italy Japanese Death Customs, Japan Jazz Funeral, United States Jewish Death Customs, Judaism Koliva, International Lakota Death Rituals, Lakota, North America Related Primary Document: Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act, 1990 "The Last Post" and "Taps," International Living with the Dead, Indonesia "Lyke-Wake Dirge," England Maidens' Garlands, England Malagan, Papua New Guinea Maundy Money, United Kingdom Memento Mori and Vanitas, International Message from the Queen, United Kingdom Minute's Silence, International Mirila, Croatia Missing Man Formation, International Mizuko Kuyo: Japanese Fetus Memorial Service, Japan Mortuary Totem Poles, Haida and Tlingit Mummification, International Muslim Death Rituals, Islam National Mourning, International Ngaben, Indonesia Nine-Nights, Caribbean Obituary, International Ossuaries, Europe Passing Bells, England and Scotland Passion Play, Christianity Pauper's Funeral, United Kingdom Personalized Hearses, United Kingdom Plastination, Germany Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, International Qingming Festival, China Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday, International Related Primary Document: Remembrance Sunday Early Day Motion, United Kingdom Retirement and Pensions, International Related Primary Document: Social Pension/Superannuation Guide, New Zealand Related Primary Document: State Pension Government Guide, United Kingdom Riderless Horse, International Romanian Funeral Customs, Romania Royal Wootton Bassett, England Sakalava Royal Death Traditions and Fitampoha, Madagascar Sallekhana–, Jainism San La Muerte, South America Santa Muerte, Mexico and United States Saturday of Souls, Orthodox Christianity, Bulgaria, and Serbia, and Radonitsa, Russia Senior Sporting Events, International Shrunken Heads, Peru and Ecuador Sikh Death Customs, Sikhism Sky Burials, Autonomous Tibet and China Soul Cakes and Soul Breads, Europe Space Burial, Outer Space Spontaneous Shrines, International State Funeral, International Stations of the Cross, Christianity Suicide Landmarks, International Tangihanga: Maori Mourning Ritual, New Zealand Taxidermy, International Tear Catchers and Mourning Jewelry, International Tt Nguyên dan, Vietnam Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, International Tombstone Tourism, International Tongan Funerals, Tonga Traditional Mourning Colors, International University of the Third Age, International Vrindavan: The City of Widows, India Wake, International Wearing Flowers to Honor War Dead, International Wiccan Funerals, Wicca Related Primary Document: Wiccan Funeral for an Elderly Woman Windmills, The Netherlands Yew Trees, Europe Yu Lan Jie: The Hungry Ghost Festival, China Zaduszki, Poland Zombies and Voodoo Death Traditions, Haiti Zoroastrian Funerals, India Selected Bibliography for Volume 3 Comprehensive Index

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Details

• NCID: BB22917406
• ISBN:
  • 9781440836589
  • 9781440846519
  • 9781440846526
  • 9781440846533
• LCCN: 2016036558
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 390
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Manners and customs
  • LCSH : Rites and ceremonies