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Malaysian Babies
Main Article: Cukur Jambul (Note: This article is not in English and requires a translation)

Malaysian children get their first haircut after the mother confinement period is over, this can be from around 40-44 days long but more recently it has been done in as few as 20 days. After this period is over it is common to invite extended family over for the ceremony of cutting the child's hair, this ceremony is called Cukur Jambal. The purpose of Cukur Jambal is to welcome the new baby into the clan, it also serves the secondary purpose of allowing extended family to renew their relations with each other. After Cukur Jambal has started with a reading from the Quran the father or mother takes the child to everyone who will cut some of their hair, these people usually include grandparents, members of the marhaban group, local elders, and religious leaders. It is customary for those who do the cutting to gift the baby with something small, like a little cash. The hair is often weighed in order to donate its weight in gold, or the more convenient equivalent, to the poor. It is later put into some sort of bowl and buried in front of close family members in order to finish the ceremony.