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I thought I would visit this sacred topic and how the placenta is interviewed as being a consecrated connection between mother and child and the usage once it is expelled during the afterbirth.
What Exactly Is The Placenta In Detail
The placenta is a vital organ that connects the developing fetus to the mother’s uterine wall. It supplies oxygen and nutrients to the fetus and removes waste products from the fetus’ blood.
I would say, depending on a person’s customs and their culture’s most sacred beliefs, a woman’s placenta may hold cherished symbolic or in some cases spiritual meanings.
In the essence of that worthy affirmation, a woman’s placenta in my French Haitian Creole culture is considered precious, it is sacred, and to a female it is revered in its power, I will go a step farther and say worth even more than silver or gold.
Let’s Explore What The Placenta Means To Other Cultures And How They Celebrate It In The Joy Of Its Consecrated Afterbirth
In doing the second part of my extensive research and the global responses from my blog I was shocked to discover the many purposes where cultures honor the placenta, and the righteousness ways of each, I have come to respect.
There are many cultures around the world that have unique customs and traditions associated with the placenta. I will give you in part the cultures that I felt deserve its merit not saying others not mentioned do not.
The cultures represented and the practices I deemed of importance were from the citizens that responded and gave me a glimpse into some of their practices and then me taking the time to delve into comparing to make sure the information was relevant.
The Culture, The Tradition, And Their Sacred Beliefs
The tradition of the people who reside in Bali, believe in the practice of wrapping the placenta in a cloth and placing it in a coconut.
Their strength lies in the acceptance that the child’s guardian angel whose spirit stays with the child throughout his or her lifespan.
I have come to search for the meaning as to why some cultures bury the placenta, I was advised because it connects the baby to the land and to their heritage, which is so beautiful within.
The Navajo tribe and many Hawaiians are known to place their placenta in the ground to their faith it is sanctified for them to connect the child to his or her homeland and their bond with their ancestors.
What I was surprised to learn in some of the Caribbean countries is that the women bury their baby’s placenta surprisingly under a fruit tree. It is said to help make sure the child when famished and will return home if ever needed.
For the descendants of Africa, the placenta is denoted as ‘Our Mother’ and attaches the child to the spirits in the ground when the mother tends to bury it.
I was never aware of this until one of my bloggetts alerted me to the practice of the Kenyans, however. They are known to accept the ideology that both the placenta and the umbilical cord are a connection and a sacred attachment between mother and child.
Their sacred rituals are to deposit their umbilical cord in an uncultivated field and then they cover it with grass, and it is a symbol of fertility.
I have much respect for the Motherland and any surrounding country.
In the gift of the Mayans’ placenta and in their honor of their placenta rite of passage, they will ceremoniously bury the placenta under a tree. This ritual is said to give protective powers over the child.
In addition to the Japanese and Chinese culture, their placenta burial is believed to grant the holy dedications of protection for their child’s future.
As you can see from reading the many ways women around the world honor their placenta and the holiness from the womb that has united mother and child for nine months.
There Are Other Unorthodox Usages The Placenta Is Utilized For
Would you believe it if I told you some people have admitted they consume the placenta raw or yes cooked, the benefits are said to boost energy levels, and increase milk production, now I do know the placenta does contain a lot of stem cells, but I really wonder how true this is, but some did admit this.
After the birth of a child no parent truly asks for their placentas therefore, it can be used for scientific purposes such as, making skin grafts, treating eye diseases, or developing stem cells in the research of cancer.
If you do not remember Henrietta Lacks. She was an African American woman whose cervical cancer cells were taken without her knowledge or consent in 1951. Her cells were then used to create the first immortalized human cell line, which today are known as the HeLa cell line, which has been used extensively in medical research.
Henrietta Lacks' cells were used without her consent. So, I would suggest any woman who has a child to retain your placenta and have it frozen. Who knows, those beautiful stem cells it is enriched with could one day save you or could be utilized for a breakthrough patent to save humanity, you never know.
Then you have some people in society who utilize the placenta to make a topical cream or ointment once applied to skin to promote healing, reduce inflammation, or prevent infection. It is used effectively once the placenta is dried, powdered, mixed with oils, herbs, or blended with beeswax.
I could not believe this, when I researched it but yes, you could use placenta to make jewelry, yes you heard me, make unique pieces of jewelry.
Creative jewelry, such as pendants, rings, or bracelets.
The placenta is usually dehydrated, cut into shapes, and preserved in resin or metal. How neat is that?
The temple of a woman’s body is so beautiful from our menstrual flow to give us the stamp of approval and the essence of our fertility to the womb who carries the seeds of life and the nourishment from within the birth canal it pushes forth life through that sacred rite of passage.
It is so embracing to know from one end of the world to the other so many women of various cultures somehow give back to Mother Nature through the soil by burying in connection with their ancestors unto the simplistic rite of passage employing that generational placenta.
Until our intellects blend on the common ground of faith where we merge on the wings of universal love, take care of yourself and be mindful of others, always.
