rite. • () – the successful delivery of a child • () – the shaving of a child's hair on the 7th day of a child's birth • () – the first ceremonial feeding of
betel nut (flavored with
catechu,
licorice, and
fennel seeds) to a child, on the 75th or 100th day of a child's birth • () – the first revealing of a child to the sun and moon on the
full moon day of the first, second, or third
Burmese lunar months following a child's birth, similar to the Hindu
annaprashana ceremony • () – the hair-knotting of a child, after the hair is shampooed with traditional herbal shampoo made with
soap acacia and
Grewia elastica (
Tayaw kinbun) on an auspicious day The scholar Aung Chein also identifies a number of auspicious rites outside of the twelve listed above: • () – the first touching of the ground by a child • () – the first parting of the child's hair by his or her mother • () – the wearing of the
makuṭa crown • () – the
housewarming ceremony == See also ==