Old traditions

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PrimadonnaJordan Expert12 December 2014 13:36:15

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Last week I had my first baby shower and of course one of the main topics was about babies, giving birth and... the way it goes here.
I heard a story that really shocked me but at the same time it gives me such valuable inside information about the Jordanian culture and I was happy to know about this old tradition. If I didn't enjoyed the baby shower, I will never heard about it.

The mother to be who apparently married into a conservative family, told us a story about circumcision.
There are still men, specially in small villages, who are driving around asking if some one knows if there are male newborns to "get done". The way how the circumcision is been done is without anesthesia, any form of hygienic and the whole family watching it.

Now I was wondering, if you know some old tradition that has almost forgotten, would you like to share with us?
It gives a great inside of the Jordanian way of living in the past and still exist in some parts in Jordan these days.

mohdq2002Serial expat20 February 2015 21:08:02

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hi Primadonna, i am sure the Circumcision is not a traditional thing in Jordan or in Arab world.... it belongs to the Islamic law which is not mentioned in Quran but in Sunna.
Circumcision is not also 100% Islamic, before Islam it can be found by Jews (see Gen. 17 ) and some Christians worldwide in North America (USA), Africa (Ethiopia) and Asia (Philippines).

What i want to tell you, that Circumcision is not a tradition, and a bout the story which you wrote, I am sorry to hear this and this still happened in Jordan, but as a Jordanian, I can tell you, it is true that a man who is driving a car (called Mutaher) around the villages, which now this phenomena disappear because of Mobiles.
It is better if some one needs to do this for his son to go to children Doctor, who has more experience and he is expert.

PrimadonnaJordan Expert21 February 2015 08:40:21

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Yes, you are right but I was not talking about the tradition of the circumcision but how its get done by a man who drive around.

sameer.alomariMember23 February 2015 21:38:47

This doesn't happen in Jordan anymore. Maybe in some small villages!
Everyone in Jordan is very health conscious and people do it at the hospital.

vintagevioletActive member23 February 2015 22:01:40

As far as I know, in my husband's village they just do this at the hospital now... but... we're both in our mid 30s and he was done this way by that guy that travels

PrimadonnaJordan Expert17 March 2016 12:10:17

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Recently I discovered a new old tradition.

It seems that if young girls/women attend a wedding that they give a sign to other women that they are available for marriage. It can be a great opportunity to see those youngsters without their scarf and watch them closely how they interact.
For some mothers it's a reason to let their daughters at home.

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