GESTURI AUGURALE SI MODELATOARE DE DUPĂ NASTERE ÎN ZONA ETNOGRAFICĂ SĂLAJ
Augural and Modelling Gestures after Birth in the Salaj Ethnographical Area

Summary/Abstract: The 40 days period from birth is governed by a series of restrictions, especially concerning the behaviour of the mother and of the ones belonging to the family. The first care of the mother is towards breast feeding, withall what is related to keeping the milk source, the stimulation of the lactation, foodand behavioural provisions. Concerning the picking of the name of the child, it is seen the urban influence, but also the recommendation of the Church of giving just one first name, which preferably to belongs to a saint, apostle, martyr or other saintcharacter, for the protection of the child. Also, the entire ensemble of gesturesrelated to the period after the birth is related to symbolic significations: thepreparations of the first bath, when various objects with magical attributes are placed in bathtub, which have the capacity of giving to the child his/hers main qualities. By all that is carried out, there is a focus on the optimisation of the existential way of the newborn.

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