Customs and Rituals are such integral part of our lives. These are the little things that we do which add a spark in our lives. As per our rituals, when a baby when she starts sitting on her own, we perform a small ceremony for the baby, which we call it as "Besna" which means Sitting. Ideally the age of the baby is 6 to 7 months during the ceremony. The ceremony is done as a celebration to the first milestone of the baby in her life, as the baby's body starts getting stable and he or she learns to find that balance to sit.

Lately in our circle, we have had 3 new Borns back-to-back in a span of 6 months so some or the other ceremony keeps happening for them. Our group gatherings have also now taken a twist, they are more baby friendly and we make sure that the new mothers are taken well care off. Also, we try to help them as much as possible with baby sitting. I can understand how exhausting it is to take care of the baby and the house all by yourself.

The ceremony is simple, nothing extravagant. It's just the joy of doing it that makes it special. In the next few months when the baby will start walking there will be another ceremony again for that. As I mentioned, we Indians are full of customs and traditions and we celebrate the smallest joy of life. It's also our way of giving gratitude and appreciating the gifts of nature.
In this particular ceremony, we keep some sweets on a flat wooden stool and then decorate it, the baby is made to sit on it and then everyone showers the baby with blessings and love and gives gifts. Which is then followed with a party.

That's the preparation of the ceremony. Some of the other things are also kept along which are auspicious as per our traditions.

She is the grandmother of the baby who is preparing for the ceremony.

The parents do the ceremony by applying a tilak on the head and putting garland around her neck and then showering their blessings on her and feeling happy that their little baby has learned to sit on her own.

Myself and hubby also gave our blessings to our little niece.

In the olden times all these rituals were taken place at home only, but nowadays people make it fancy and they book external venues to do these ceremonies. Everything is now bigger and show business. Though my friends did it at home only. Here in Muscat, there is no point doing it in external venues, it turns out to be very expensive and also here we have limited friends so considering the crowd is small it is better to do it at home itself. It is economical and also feels good to do at home, which is the baby's space.

It was a joyous moment for all of us. Post the ceremony we had lunch together and closed the ritual with fun and laughter.

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