Birth Customs and Traditions

Habits and traditions of birth changed in the process of birth around the world. From a global perspective, birth is considered to be almost the same as in other areas. Different countries think that their approach is to see the best and only way for children to naturally give birth. However, we can choose many deviations from the birthing process, which may be best suited for their ideal delivery method. The choice depends on cultural diversity, economics, beliefs, and technology development.

Traditional customs on birth may endanger your mother. Births in some parts of Africa usually involve traditional midwives (TBAs) who sometimes perform rituals that are harmful to the health of their mothers. In many societies, difficult labor is considered a sacred punishment for marriage affair, which is forced to "perceive" adultery in the face of abuse. The tribal tradition may be harmful to men; for example, the Satere-Mawe family uses ants as a firing ceremony. Men must wear gloves with hundreds of bullet ants woven for 10 minutes: Ant bites can cause severe pain and cramps. This experience must be completed 20 times in order for a boy to be considered a "warrior".

Traditional customs have been lost in the US due to birth from home to hospital. By the end of the nineteenth century, professional doctors were involved in the birth of most middle-class Americans. However, the midwife continues to bear half the baby of a large immigrant community. (1) Community midwives and elderly women have helped maintain the tradition of birth in their home country once. In the large Croatian community of Strawberry Hills in Kansas City, Kansas, the midwife gives birth at home and takes care of the mother and child after childbirth. The older woman visits the new mother and brings chicken, a dozen egg, a bottle of wine, a box of crackers as a gift. Due to the reputation of using safety and anesthetic drugs, this tradition has been lost as the number of women choosing to give birth at a hospital increases. (2)

There are various traditions, customs and beliefs in various cultures. Jews do not eat meat or milk Japanese people have a traditional way of changing clothes Christians celebrate the birth of Christ on December 25th Christmas Day. These traditions seem to be innocent and long-standing customs, but there are also traditions that are not so. A common way in the eastern countries is to arrange marriage. A woman living in the United States deprives herself of course its rights. In many other countries around the world, women are considered to be male subordinates. They can not go to college, find jobs, even choose people who want to get married. Marriage arrangements are very popular in the eastern part of the world, many women are raped as individual rights and told who they should marry