Omukae Ceremony

oh thats a lovely idea.... i recently went to a non-religious naming ceremony (for an actual human child, not a doll!) and they had him (he's two) plant a seed in a pot, water it, eat some raisins and light a candle, to show they hope he never goes hungry, will grow as healthily as the plant will, and that he will always be warm and have light in his life. It was lovely!

 

A naming ceremony? I think I once read somewhere on the vast web that in Japan they have a naming ceremony for dolls. I do not know if it is an official Dolfie naming ceremony or if they just do a ceremony the way they would for people. I think you should look up the naming ceremonies of different cultures to get ideas. I was gonna say give the doll a traditional ceremony for the culture she is from but then I read she was a Baha. She could still have a culture I guess. Sorry, I just did a lot of babling.
It would be wonderful if you could take pics of the ceremony.

 

Luka: I flipped through a manga and thats how he got his, he is named after one of my favorite manga characters in under the glass moon, good reading I say

Loki: he was named after one of my favorite characters in Dogma....and trust me he is as mischevious, and psycopathic as he is

Zacarel: was a combination between me and a friend cause I wanted a boy named zac yet didnt want it to seem so common, he was to be named something diffrent but the name ended up sticking

so no I never did do any naming ceremony for any of my boys, half of them just kinda popped into my head

 

No. Mostly cause I don't see the point in it and I know I look odd enough with how I talk about them as real people. Maybe for my bigger dolls I would, but I don't know if I would. They have their names even though I have not ordered most of them just yet, but as they are named after characters from my rps and books I've known them for years now and thus I don't feel the need.

 

Volks gives owners the option of doing naming ceremonies (called omukae) at their stores and at Tenshi no Sato. I don't know of any other *companies* that do it, but I know that people have written/performed their own ceremonies in the past.

I've never done an omukae/ceremony as such, but I do tend to treat my dolls as if they have a little bit of animating energy in them.

Maybe do a search for "omukae" or "ceremony" and see what comes up?

-- A

 

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1820&highlight=naming+ceremony

search is your friend

yes, I did one for my boy...I didn't for my girl though--it took so long to think of a name!! I should do one tonight...

 

I did one for my boy, it was in my bedroom while I was alone at home. Just used a candle, told him his name and that now we were gonna take care of each of other and blew out the candle in front of him XD . My family doesn't like the idea of me hanging around too much with him so it had to be done during a really quiet time n.n;;. It was mostly for myself, and to help me bond with him since I was having some trouble with that at first.

 

I hope to get an omukae ceremony for my shirou when I got to Volks at the end of the year.
I have had my boy for 3 years now and I feel really close to him, so I cant wait to do it.

 

No I never do things like that, cause for me it will not add anything more to the feelings I already have for my dolls.
I think most of my boys would say I'm nuts XD

 

Thanks Cassiel! I'm so happy to know about this! I thought the omukae ceremony was only meant for people collecting their new FCS dolls

I hope i'll be able to bring both boys with me when i visit Japan so that both of them can have their ceremony together!

 

I first got exposed to Omukae ceremonies a couple of weeks ago by watching some documentaries, such as Japanarama on youtube, when it came to show Omukae ceremonies I thought wooooah cult, something a bit sinister going on here, being from a Christian background, but the more I saw Japanarama Omukae ceremonies the more i thought, hey its quite cool, to actually help activate a spirit into them via candles and words etc, its not a ceremony that is making you pray to the doll really huh? Its just ceremony of initiation between you and the doll, I think its great, I would be up for it now, but I somehow can't see this catching on in the UK? I don't know, perhaps I ought to have an adapted Christian ceremony initiation and talk to my priest/Vicar hehe LOL! I think his jaw might drop, even just looking at them! You know he is one of those local vicar kinda guys who go around eating cakes on his visits to old ladies, somehow it might not mix lol!

I think I might have a ceremony for the homecoming of my AOD and Bobobie dolls, I have written a Christian based Omukae verse, what do ya think :-) might even youtube it lol!

Christian Omukae Ceremony

Dear Lord
I bring this boy to you
who has come into my life to bless me
I hand him over to your unquantifiable love
in hopes he will bring confort, love and understanding for all who *see*
for as long as we shall dwell together
Let him help heal my spirit so together we can confort eachother in times of trouble
Let us radiate love in our pure union, and inspire others towards the path of good


In your name lord, I name this boy Anthony

 

haha so this is my version,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hSmjolPBVo

:-P

 

Honestly, I think it's a bit crazy. But, if you want to hold a religious ceremony for your dolls then go ahead and have fun with it!

 

That was cute It's neat seeing the different ways people enjoy and bond with their dolls.

 

I thought this was really cool. I've always wanted to do some sort of "blessing" or "welcoming" for mine when they come in, I just don't get time. I liked it. . Very creative.

 

The last part was really kind of... odd But as for the Omukae, I don't think there's anything un-christian about it, as long as you don't believe your doll actually has a soul transferred into it during the ceremony. Apart from that I think Omukaes are a nice bonding gesture.

 

I was confused about the purpose of the dancing doll parts at the end. But other than that it was pretty funny.

 

Yeah, what was up with the end????o_0

 

Wow, I thought it was really interesting and artistic... not what I was expecting at all, I have to admit. The bit at the end was great!

I say if you want to do something like that, why not?
People do stranger things all the time... like get married! To fellow humans! Can you imagine?!

Of course I'm being silly, but I thought this was sweet.


Raven

 

I'm raising my eyebrows at the "Christian" part, especially as dolls per se are forbidden as graven images in the Judeo-Christian tradition...

but I think it's a sweet gesture, and if you can reconcile it to your personal religious views, maybe it doesn't matter if it's not quite traditional?

I can't imagine doing anything like this... I've been married and divorced, so I take a rather jaded view of anything resembling "vows" promising permanent co-habitation and love. It's slightly (what's the word I'm looking for here) blasphemous, really... promising to love an inanimate object and keep it forever? ...and I had a non-religious upbringing, haha...

Raven