7 days after my neighbour Isatou gave birth, the family held a naming ceremony on the compound. Here in The Gambia, at the ‘Naming Ceremony’ the baby’s name is announced (which is selected by the father, sometimes the wife won’t even know the name selected by the father until it is announced at the naming ceremony) and the baby’s head is shaved.
So baby now has a name and she is called Sarjo. She is still as beautiful as ever and was exceptionally well behaved when her hair was being cut off!!
Here are a selection of some of the pictures that I took on the day.
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| Isatou (before her 'make-over') |
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| Isatou (after her 'make-over'. Isatou changed outfits at least 4 times during the day of the naming ceremony!) |
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| Danfar (the proud father) |
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| Ebrima (Isatou's first child) |
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| Basi (Isatou's second child) |
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| Bakaddy (Isatou's 3rd child and my 'toe-mar' meaning we share the same name, not sure about the spelling though!) |
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| The head shaving begins |
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| Close shave!! |
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| Sarjo is starting to get mad now!! |
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| Wow, almost there! |
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| Good girl! Nearly finished. |
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| Bald baby! |
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| Me and Isatou (not sure why I look so manic?) |
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| Isatou, little Kaddy and Nathan (Nathan is not a giant, Isatou is just very short!) |
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| Basi (big sister) holding baby Sarjo (support that baby's head!!!) |
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| Naba (lives with Isatou and her children) holding baby Sarjo |
Bless her. She is so sweet and amazingly good considering what;s happening. Looks like Nathan avoided a close shave!
ReplyDeleteHow cute is Bakaddy. Butter wouldn't melt...
ReplyDeleteLove Luce x
What a lovely name " Sarjo". She looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAll the children look so smart.
ah! cute, how beautiful.
ReplyDeletecathy xx
What a great experience... lovely pictures and great story xx Alison Elliott
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