Galina Tserenova, About the First Haircut and Name Giving Practices
Authors
Terbish, Baasanjav
Churyumova, Elvira
Editors
Okonova, Altana
Churyumov, Anton
Contributors
Churyumov, Anton
Publication Date
2018-03-31Language
ru
Type
Video
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Terbish, B., & Churyumova, E. (2018). Galina Tserenova, About the First Haircut and Name Giving Practices [Video file]. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.23758
Abstract
Galina talks about the ritual of the first haircut and name giving conventions among the Kalmyks. Babies have their first haircut at the age of 1. It is a maternal uncle who cuts the baby’s first hair. Galina’s children received their names from her grandfather. One of Galina’s sons was named Sandzhi-Garya in memory of his great grandfather, although Kalmyks try not to name their children after deceased relatives. But since the grandfather said that the name of Sandzhi-Garya suited the boy, the family decided to stick to his advice. Galina’s paternal aunt named Galina’s other son Ilya. Galina says that all Kalmyk girls with Russian names have a Kalmyk name by which they are addressed at home.
Keywords
Name giving, haircut, rituals
Sponsorship
Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.
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This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.23758
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
Licence URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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