Ако мислите дека породувањето е тешко, тогаш само замислите колку е тешко породувањето на отворено, на температури далеку под нулата. Тоа е она што жените од заедницата Ненет (во арктичкиот дел на Сибир) го прават, а благодарејќи на фотографот Алегри Али, можеме да видиме како изгеда тоа.
Таа поминала повеќе од 20 години патувајќи околу светот и запознавајќи заедници, а посебно се фокусирала на бременоста и породувањето.
Таа објаснува дека преку своите патувања сфатила колку неверојатна улога во племенските заедници играат приказните, оние кои се пренесуваат од генерација на генерација, испреплетани преку заедницата, идентитетот и гордоста.
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Birthing Across Cultures ~ Himba women regard birth as a community, social, and spiritual act. To have the opportunity to give birth in a supportive, natural way is a life – enhancing event. Childbirth in many indigenous cultures is preformed in a communal way, where several women gather together to help support and nurture the woman giving birth. Himba women have learned the sacredness of midwifery by their ancestral mothers. This innate knowledge has been passed on from generation to generation. Himba midwives have mastered the skill of eliciting natural birth, an art form that is acquired through apprenticeship and intuitive experience. They have the capacity to wait for nature. In this video Himba midwives have created a communal sacred and a supportive space where they continuously and unconditionally nurtured Katjtindi. They used laughter to release some tension, rubbed her belly, massaged her with essential oils and herb mixtures which they specially prepared, they used positioning and movement during labour to allow her to tap into her natural ability to give birth. She gave herself completely into the hands of the wise women. In a small mud hut in the Kaokoland region of Namibia, baby Lahja was born with the care of two traditional Himba midwives. In this photo several minutes after the delivery of the placenta, Tjambiru (midwife) cut the the umbilical cord and performed a burial ritual in the soil outside the hut. Later she rubbed the baby with soft soil, and first fed her with goat milk, before her mother Katjindi breastfed her. @alegraally
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Таа објаснува дека многу племенски заедници живеат поврзани со природата и се зближуваат преку прераскажување приказни кои се вткаени во нивните верувања. Тие приказни се важни, но полека се забораваат.
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Traditional Himba Midwife Performing an Inversion Technique. The word midwife comes from the old English term "with woman", which reflects the midwife's role of nurturing and supporting a woman during pregnancy. The French term for midwife is "sage femme", or wise woman, enabling a woman to have the most satisfying and empowered experience during pregnancy and birth. Throughout history and across all cultures there has been a tradition of women who operate under the broad principle of mothering the mother. The Wild Born Project offers an opportunity to learn about the traditional ways, innate knowledge and ancient wisdom of pregnancy, childbirth and midwifery practices amongst indigenous women from around the world. We explore the roles of midwives in tribal communities and how their traditional and ecological knowledge affects the course of pregnancy and childbirth and how it is passed on through generations? Is there anything within cultural heritage of the indigenous women that can inspire women in the west and enhance their positive experience of pregnancy and childbirth ? How midwives enact ecological knowledge and how their environment, plants and herbs are utilized, can we learn from them..? In this rare video Mbahupapi, an experienced midwife rubs Katjtindi's belly with herb mixture which they collected from the surrounding hills. When Mbahupapi realizes that The baby was inverted, with the help of her two sisters and mother they lifted her legs up to the air. While she was upside down her midwife used an inversion technique to tilt the baby. Breech Tilt is a widely-known inversion technique to help a breech baby flip to a head-down position. … When I asked Himba traditional midwives how and from whom did they learn their midwifery skills, they simply replied " from our mothers and grandmothers ". Katjtindi was calm and quiet throughout the whole process, for what it seems like as she had a complete trust of her midwives, and surrendered herself to them. She gave birth to a health baby girl. Video by @alegraally for the @wildbornproject if you are interested in sharing this video please contact me first for permission- Kindly Ally.
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Таа истакнува дека преку своите патувања научила да ги отвори очите кон другите култури и начинот на кој ја третираат бременоста, а и породувањето. Најинтересно ѝ било тоа што другите култури не ја третираат бременоста и породувањето како медицинска состојба, како што го правиме ние тоа.
