This tradition is purely religious and comes from the muslim practices. Seven , fourteen or twenty-one days after a child’s birth, his parent have to choose a first name for him and formalize it. Outside these dates, religion says that it’s impossible to formalize a newborn’s first name .
To do that, an important event is organized : family members are invited to a feast that lasts a whole day.
First of all, everyone is gathered around a copious breakfast
Then , it’s time to sacrifice the traditional sheep cited in the Quran because in the muslim religion , the baby's name is not valid before that offering.
Next, all the guests spend the rest of the day together. People give gifts to the newborn and his parents and they are invited to gather around food and to enjoy a pleasant family atmosphere .
This religious tradition is practiced by most of the moroccan families and the celebration is more or less sumptuous according to families’ financial means.
Even if it is a muslim country, Morocco is a tolerant nation, allows all the practicing of all the religions. So we can find, besides the mosques, many churches where is practiced the catholic baptism.
It is the first of the three sacraments in the catholic religion.
Baptism is the most symbolic Catholic ceremony. It shows the belonging to the Christian family, the purification from the sins and symbolizes the new life of the Christian believer. It’s a common sacrament in every church.
Baptism depends on the baptizer’s age: if he is a baby, his parents decide if he’s going to be baptized, and if he is an adult, he decides if he wants to be baptized.
Baptism is practiced by immersion: the person is dived in holy water, and he is thus purified. Nowadays, for the baby who is baptized, only the top of his head is being wet.
This catholic tradition is practiced in Morocco by christian people, but it is not common to the whole Moroccan population, which is mostly muslim.
By : ALAOUI Maryam, ARNONE Théo, ABDENADHER Yassine et ANNABI Alia
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