Comments on: History of Names and Traditions http://kazakhstan.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/history-of-names-and-traditions Kazakhstan adoption news, information and firsthand accounts by those who have been there. Mon, 25 May 2009 11:47:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: aida http://kazakhstan.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/history-of-names-and-traditions/comment-page-1#comment-173 aida Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:00:32 +0000 http://kazakhstan-a.www.adoptionblogs.com/2006/12/14/history-of-names-and-traditions#comment-173 I'm from Kazakhstan.<br /> Everything you've said is so-o true!<br /> I even named my own son for middle name Abai, after kazak poet and respectful man in kazak society.<br /> <br /> yes, some kazak traditions are followed in our days too. I had a ceremony to cut ribbons between my childrens feet. The person who cuts ribbons must be respectful and good man, so your child will follow his path. This ceremony supposed to make babys first step more solid, with no falls. We sacrificed a ship for the party and our honor guests. And between kids feet instead of ribbons we put ship's intestanes. And parents have to eat them. They taste just like sausage (for me, not for my husband, he had hard time to put thenm in his mouth) I’m from Kazakhstan.
Everything you’ve said is so-o true!
I even named my own son for middle name Abai, after kazak poet and respectful man in kazak society.

yes, some kazak traditions are followed in our days too. I had a ceremony to cut ribbons between my childrens feet. The person who cuts ribbons must be respectful and good man, so your child will follow his path. This ceremony supposed to make babys first step more solid, with no falls. We sacrificed a ship for the party and our honor guests. And between kids feet instead of ribbons we put ship’s intestanes. And parents have to eat them. They taste just like sausage (for me, not for my husband, he had hard time to put thenm in his mouth)

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