🇬🇭 American Couple Learns Ghanaian Traditional Naming Ceremony of the Akan Ashantis
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Ewes also name child according to when or where the child is born
I love most west Africans baby naming ceremonies. I’ve had the privilege of attending a few in England. Lovely 🥰
I am 100% Ghanaian and an Ashanti to be exact. She is speaking some facts but i disagree when she says because of christianity this cultural practices has changed. Some christians may choose not to do it the way it's traditionally but the majority of Ghanaians do it the traditional way. I grew up in the UK and heck, i had to find an elder to name my kids the traditional way. Never sleep on traditions for there is power in culture and tradition. By the way it's about time y'all visited Africa. Peace and Light
Yeah, we still do this even as Christians. Because the naming ceremony is our tradition.
Back again with Ghana 🇬🇭 🧡🔐
i love the culture of GHANA 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭❤❤❤❤
Um so when exactly are you guys coming to Ghana? 🇬🇭 we’ve been expecting you for so long.
We’ll begin planning after our first successful trip abroad (soon).
Abuja or Lagos Nigeria is were they said they are coming to😂
Africa 🌍 culture is very beautiful and rich ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Ghana 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
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Love my motherland
I think she mixed the foreign culture with the Akan culture in terms of the god parents and naming, mostly the second name is named after the godparent then the last name is named after your father’s surname. God parents mostly can be family members or parents friends.
As a god-parent, you will be reasonably involved in the child upbringing (financially, social, and psychological well-being ).
Most godparents will be of good character or a prominent personality, they can also be of good relationships with biological parents.
Happy new year my people
Happy New Year!
You can also check-out the Yoruba Traditional naming ceremony.
We’ll have to check it out.
Godparents was a thing back and we didn't have the name godparents for it until enhanced communication (invention of the internet) made the world a village. So then Godparents were mostly siblings or cousins of the parents of the child, because they are ones to take over parenting if the actual parents have traveled or are no more. Nowadays it's mainly based on the relationship as parents you have with your preferred candidate. It could a friend, sibling, a cousin, a mentor, I mean anyone so far as you have a great relationship with the person or persons and they agreed to it.
Happy New year 🎊 🎉🎉
Happy New Year!
Am from Kenya and i have 3 nqmes. The first is christian, second i was named after my dead grandfathers brother.. he died the same dqy i was born. The last is my dads
Is this a traditional way of naming in your culture?
I agree.... I don't know why alcohol is changed to sweet stuff... its alcohol or lime... there's no such thing as God parents in akan ceremony... as she said its the whole community helping to raise the child... obviously not the bad people in the community... the head of the family does the naming.. the day name and family name are constant but the middle name is chosen based on a prominent person within the family especially the elderly....
I am Ethiopian. God's parents are practically the child's second parent with the same values I hold. And who will help to gid the child.
Hmmm. Am an Ashanti living in Ejisu and in my community , it is the Sewaa or Auntie of the child.In our system an Auntie or sewaa is the sister of the child's father. The naming ceremony is done by the family head. We do not use the god mother system. The person the child is going to be named after usually carries the child. Again the gifts could be in cash or kind
But the person that the child is to be named after is called the God mother. That's my understanding. I don't know if that has changed.
@@oseitututawiah2109 Daabi oooo Osei. A god mother is not a person a child is named after. She is more or less a second parent to the child. You need not to be named after your god parent. I was named after my paternal grandma but my god mother is my mum's close friend. Christianity introduced the god parent system and he or she is like a trustee to the child. Check the British monarchs to see if they are name after their god parents
@@giftyakowuah2628 OK 👍, I got it now. I was confused about the two. Thanks for the clarification 👍
@@giftyakowuah2628 I think it's more of a western thing rather than Christianity with the godmother?
Godparents is chosen by relationship…definitely
This is it the seven days culture thing is dated back to the Bible, you see we black are the people of the Bible we don't just Know it our practices and culture can be found in the Bible but we ourselves doing know. If you ask an African most especially we at the West why we do some many things in our day to day life trust me the answer you will get is that is how it has been before I was born or that is our culture.
Wow,in my culture Acholi Luo,girls are named after 4 days and boys 3 days.First burns usually the paternal side take charge.
There are 3 or 4 ways of naming 1.depends on the circumstances at birth for example was the child born during war,famine.Then twins have special names n their followers too have specific names, names given after grandparents, etc❤❤❤
Is in Ghana just that naming is done after 7 days
Naming ceremony varies among tribes and communities,though.
Is not only 3 names, u also hv a name giving to u on the number of children u come after
Ashanti in Ghana.ok
Hmmm, no one in my culture has ever had a Godparent. It’s something we never thought of. However, the child will have so many aunties and uncles , I guess that’s a substitute for it. I do not have Godparents and my parents never thought of that.😂. We do not take our father’s name when our parents are not married. Montja is my grandfather’s name because my parents are not married to each other.
Naming ceremony in Ghana is from the Ga in Ghana not any other tribe & other tribes in Ghana adopted our way of naming in the bible in Genesis the bible clearly states 8th day you name the child because after 7 days which the number 7 means perfection which translates in spiritual terms life full cycle we now hold the child to the heavens & ask God almighty " we are handing back your child to you nothing created in heaven or on earth physically, spiritually, or metaphysically should take this child prematurely "then each elder member of the family now pronounced blessings on the child then we place the child unto the floor & write three 0 s representing omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent then prayer hymns & then gifts are presented all this has to take place before sunrise so from 5:00 am & not finish later than 7:00 am Ga- mashie ingleshie alata naming ceremony
The fact about Christianity we have stopped the practice. This is not so . We still have our naming ceremony practices even though we are Christians. It is our culture.
It’s a contract we signed with God as Israelites to circumcise our sons on the 8th day, it’s not the reason she’s giving, Most Israelites have forgotten who they are but they still keep some customs from the Bible.
Pouring of libation during outdooring (you're outdoored after 7 days of staying out of sight and everyone's sure the baby is healthy and will continue to live ) and naming ceremony is done by the head of the family and not by a priest or priestess (so there's actually nothing fetish here). The libation is poured in honor of our ancestors introducing the child to them and the community so I find it very disheartening when 'so called' learnered and Christians frown on it. Those who are to know better are rather tarnishing the culture and borrowing Western culture blindly. Sorry this is just me ranting for no reason. 😅
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Please there's no priest involved in naming ceremonies it's the family head who does that. Priest rarely perform any activities cus there's no concept of religion in Akan tradition only spirituality.
Akans have religion: "traditional religion". Asates even have akomfohene: Chief of priests and priestessees who has the status of an omanhene