Taldykorgan holds tusaukeser ceremony for 50 children
As part of Nauryz holiday celebrations, the city of Taldykorgan held tusaukeser ceremony for 50 children simultaneously. The event was officially registered in the Book of Records of Kazakhstan, Kazinform News Agency reports.
According to the regional administration, prominent statesmen, public activists, veterans, culture and sport professionals, journalists, theologists, businessmen, local maslikhat deputies, honored teachers and doctors were invited to the ceremony for ‘bata beru’ ritual (ancient tradition of blessing by the elders).
Governor of Zhetysu region Beibit Issabayev participated in the ceremony.
Tusaukeser is a tradition related to the children. When a child makes his first efforts to walk, his parents organize 'tusaukeser' (lit. 'cutting the fetters') ritual for him. Traditionally, a special white cloth symbolizing white path (ak zhol) is prepared for tusaukeser. A three-colored rope (usually red, white and green) is tied between the child's legs. A person chosen by the family for cutting the ropes should be kind, successful, energetic and respected by community. It is believed that the child's future life will be as successful as that of the person performing the ritual.
The ropes are cut with a knife. After performing the ritual, the child is led by the same person on the white cloth and is offered to choose several objects laid before him. Usually, these objects are a book, money, and dombra. If the child chooses book, it is believed that he will have an inquisitive mind. If money is chosen, the child will be a rich person. And if he picks dombra, it is believed that he will be talented and creative.
As Bakhytzhan Tastulekov, director of the department for registration of records, said, this became the first-ever large-scale tusaukeser ceremony held in Kazakhstan.
The event was officially registered in the country’d Book of Records, he added.
