anáwang1NounCeremony for a newborn child, involving an animal sacrifice.2Active Verb-om-3, -anTo perform a ceremony for a newborn child to ensure its proper growth and development.3Active Verbi-To sacrifice something as part of the ceremony for a newborn child.Adí da inanawángan sak-én.They didn't perform the newborn child ceremony for me.As part of the ceremony, a pig is butchered for a firstborn child (3 chickens may be substituted if no pig is available) and 2-3 chickens for any succeeding child. The ceremony may also be performed for an adult if it wasn't performed at birth and if that omission has caused illness. All family members except the mother may eat the butchered animal. An old man or woman (not the parents) may say the required prayer addressed to the twenty godskabonyán.
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