When a woman in Palau, Micronesia, gives birth to her first child, she goes through the ngasech ceremony. During several days, she is given hot, cleansing baths by a medicine woman, until she finally shows herself and her child to the husband's family. Read more >>

2014年6月25日 · were the family of the childs father side thru his mother sepi from ngermid,.. i wanted to post this video to show the real meaning of Ngasech in Angaur tradition,..as she climbs up the steps.....

2017年6月9日 · One of the customary ceremonies that the people of Palau still celebrate is the Ngasech (First Born) ceremony, held after a woman has her first child. This paper looks at the globalization of...

2018年10月4日 · The ceremony, more commonly referred to as Omengat throughout Palau and Ngasech on the island of Angaur is central to the traditional exchange system of Palau. There are concerns that through colonization, decolonization and now globalization, Palauans are losing connections to ancestral customs.

Even a telephone book advertisement of a Koror florist refers to the event as Ngasech (Figure 2). In this paper, we will refer to the event as the First Child Birth ceremony, and in specific references we will call all ceremonies on Koror and Babeldaob, Omengat, and those on the island of Angaur, Ngasech.

The ceremony, more commonly referred to as Omengat throughout Palau and Ngasech on the island of Angaur is central to the traditional exchange system of Palau. There are concerns that through colonization, decolonization and now globalization, …

One of the most important traditional ceremonies is the First Child Birth Ceremony (known as Omengat or Ngasech). This paper analyzes tradition and globalization within this ritual in relation to: plant use, construction, food, attire, adornment, gender roles, economic transactions, and ethnobotanical cultural markers.

2009年8月19日 · Palauan First-Born (Ngasech) Ceremony, Part Two There is lots of preparation the night before and the morning of the ngasech (pronounced sorta like nah-sa). [This is the herb bath ready for the morning fire]

Return to Article Details Globalization and Tradition in Palau: Case Study of the Syncretic Omengat (First Child Birth) and Ngasech Ceremonies Download Download PDF Globalization and Tradition in Palau: Case Study of the Syncretic Omengat (First Child Birth) and Ngasech Ceremonies Download Download PDF