User:Alua Koblan/Shildekhana

Shildekhana is a feast in honor of the newborn. The Kazakh people, who were engaged in animal husbandry, after the birth of a person, send their loved ones to ask for love. Those who delivered the happy news reported that a boy was born – “horse shaver” or “Horseman”, a girl was born – “dressmaker”, “forty-seven” or “milkmaid”. Then relatives, neighbors and close brothers gather in July and say: “let the cord be strong” and shashu. The essence of shildehana lies in the belief that the first child is protected from demons and “protected”. Therefore, it is also called the” July guard". The main meaning of this ritual is to protect the child and mother from language, protection from demons. "Shilla” (“Chille”) means "forty" in Persian. In traditional Kazakh society, up to 40 days from birth was considered a dangerous period for a child, before which the child was well cared for and cared for by the mother and child, without leaving many people to the child (removal of K. from the Forties). Especially in the house where the baby lies, three (sometimes up to 40 days) candles are lit and “guarded”for the whole day. Later, shildehana became a national entertainment evening. The crowning ceremony is performed by the child's grandmother in the cradle. He passed the worm, baursak, sweet, sugar, cheese through the hole in the cradle and asked: "Are you hungry?"he asks. And others reach out their hands and say, “tick, tick”, sweet, baursak. Women who are not in love with a child do this with the intention of having a child and “let the future of the child be so sweet and rich”.

On the evening of the child's birth, village youth gather in July
On the evening of the day when the woman gave birth safely, the village youth gather in July. Shildehana sometimes lasts for three days.

Talented young people will sing songs and sing songs in honor of the newborn child and his mother until the morning
This is a great opportunity for young people to come and have fun until dawn.

Girls and boys fight
The winners of the competition, girls and boys, will receive nine.

Various games are organized
Young people spend the night with joy.

Only young people participate in the shildehana
The village elders do not participate in the shildehana. Protecting and protecting a newborn from the cold of various demons and mermaids is, according to popular belief, the duty of only young people

Giving a meal
The animals are slaughtered and spread a wide tablecloth. After the meat is cooked, the elders give the most important part of the meat to the mother of the baby, the cervical spine. He must have eaten the meat without touching the knife to his neck. Then the neck is given to women and the bones are cleaned by men. When it is finished, the neck is hung on a high place with the intention of “let the child's neck be strong”.

Creating a crowning ceremony
The ritual is performed by the baby's grandmother in the crib. He passed the worm, baursak, sweet, sugar, cheese through the hole in the cradle and asked: "Are you hungry?"he asks. And others reach out their hands and say, “tick, tick”, sweet, baursak. Women who are not in love with a child do this with the intention of having a child and “let the future of the child be so sweet and rich”.