"Lessons in the cradle"

Lullaby song is the first song that I hear people in my life. Our mother sang us a lullaby, when put to bed or just want to calm down. Now, taking the experience of parents, we sing lullabies to their children. Some people prefer to sing the classic version of a lullaby - "Bye-Bauska-bye", to someone like a lullaby cartoon "Umka" and someone invents lullabies to their babies. Only we must remember an important fact: in the old days women were singing a lullaby sang not just using lullaby raised.


On what topic should be a lullaby?




Scientists have found that in the first month of life, music as special harmonic sound series has a calming effect on the baby. This is not surprising, since, as shown by the research results, the child begins to perceive rhythmic melodies still in the fetal stage of development. In the lullaby that was sung to infants, there was a lot of "secrets". Typically, stress obeyed rhythmic figure:




In addition, the texts lullaby songs were actively used hissing (low tone on its basis) and whistling sounds.




There are three main topics that have been addressed in a lullaby:




- around the world


family


- the future of the child




In addition there are the lullabies and the magic words, and characters: "Lyuli-Lyuli", birds, cat.





"Lyuli-Lyuli" or "bye-baushke"


With the second all just singing "bye-Bauska-bye" you just want the baby a good night's sleep.




"Lyuli-Lyuli" it's a bit more complicated. Some dictionaries written that "people" means to lull, cradle, activate. Others believe that it is nothing more than an appeal to the goddess Lely. Lola (Lala) - the goddess of spring, the daughter of the goddess of beauty, love and fertility Frets. According to the myths, it was inseparably connected with the spring rebirth of nature, the beginning of the fieldwork, with newborns.




Many researchers have pointed to the magic value "birds of sleep". The meaning of this image is that one of the souls of man has the appearance of birds and may leave during sleep the body. The image of the bird serves as the container for the soul and keeps it in one place. In addition it was believed that the bird had a child in the house.




Cats were considered collectors negative energy: all the evil that was sent to the house and the owners, he collected himself. So there was this custom that before putting the newborn in the cradle, there was planted the cat. The cat was considered a good "nurse" his purr was quickly lulled the child, allowing the mother to engage in large economy during baby sleep.





To sing or not to sing?


You may ask: "And how the child will understand what they sing? He is still very small. Speaking the language of science, the condition of the baby, listening to the lullaby can be called trance. It is located between the active wakefulness and sleep, In this period, the child hears, lets in and remembers. That's why some of the phenomena or the knowledge we say, "I just know, can't understand where and how long ago, but I know".




German doctors who studied lullaby from their positions, say, if before the operation the patient is given a listen to the lullaby, a necessary dose of anesthesia is reduced by half.




Singing lullabies mother includes a mechanism soothe, relax and sleep in children.Subsequently, for an adult to hear lullaby means instant on the same mechanisms.




Lullaby is charms, amulets, based on the magical power of words and music, on their ability to soothe, protect, protect.

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