birth customs

Amarlai, a boy from Ghana, helps his family prepare for his new baby cousin's naming ceremony.

A Navajo family welcomes a new baby into the family with love and ceremony, eagerly waiting for that first special laugh. Includes brief description of birth customs in different cultures.

Tells how babies are welcomed in various cultures and traditions around the world.

By creating blessingway rituals for each other, we can reach outside of ourselves, and weave a web of community; a living breathing web of women who are blessing, teaching, and supporting each one another - and as a result, helping give birth to each other's children.

Tells how babies are welcomed in various cultures and traditions around the world.

Relates the history of childhood and describes how birth, coming of age, and other important childhood events are celebrated in different countries and by different cultures around the world. Includes recipes and activities.

Tells how babies are welcomed in various cultures and traditions around the world.

Relates the history of childhood and describes how birth, coming of age, and other important childhood events are celebrated in different countries and by different cultures around the world. Includes recipes and activities.

Amarlai, a boy from Ghana, helps his family prepare for his new baby cousin's naming ceremony.