{"id":5311,"date":"2018-10-29T10:49:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T09:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5311"},"modified":"2018-10-29T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T09:49:09","slug":"what-is-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2018\/10\/29\/what-is-in-a-name\/","title":{"rendered":"What is in a name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-Name-doubled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5296\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-Name-doubled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-Name-doubled-1.jpg 336w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-Name-doubled-1-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we arrived to a friend\u2019s compound the other day, we found that it was naming day for the new member of the family, a 7 day old beautiful baby girl.\u00a0 They make quite a big deal out of the naming, and interestingly it is not the mum and dad who choose the name, but most times the older men and sometimes the older women of the family who do the honors.\u00a0 There always is an imam involved in the official name giving, and if possible, there are at the least candy and cola nuts passed out, and if the family has the means, a big festive meal will take place.\u00a0 In this case, the father of the baby\u2019s father\u2019s compound was across town from the baby\u2019s mother\u2019s father\u2019s home, and they both had chosen a name and got the blessing.\u00a0 So, this child has been double named; Rafiyaatu and Hadiidja Kuppra.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see what she gets called the most.\u00a0 There was no ill feeling between the two families, mostly just amusement and some joking about adding even more names.\u00a0 Celebration of life was the joy for the day, and Chief T\u2019s family can really make the most of teasing and smiling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-Name-same.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5297\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-Name-same.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-Name-same.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/10\/blog-Name-same-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a>I took the opportunity to get a photo (courtesy of Kim because I forgot my phone in the truck) of Jan and this cutie patootie who also is called Jan, not from Janet, but from Janaatu.\u00a0 The two are called Jani (pronounced Jah-nee), and when you have the same name as someone, you are called tokkoraajo in Fulfulde, and ndoy in Sango and Lingala.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever we approach a home or neighborhood where we\u2019re known, the kids yell\/chant our names, oh that someday Jesus\u2019 name would be on their lips in such happy anticipation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5311&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we arrived to a friend\u2019s compound the other day, we found that it was naming day for the new member of the family, a 7 day old beautiful baby girl.\u00a0 They make quite a big deal out of the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2018\/10\/29\/what-is-in-a-name\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-meetings-with-m-friends"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is in a name? 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