on . ▁ ▁Muslim ▁b ab ies ▁ ▁The ▁A qi q ah ▁ceremony ▁involves ▁sh aving ▁the ▁child ' s ▁head ▁seven ▁days ▁after ▁birth ▁and ▁an oint ing ▁the ▁child ’ s ▁head ▁with ▁sa ff ron . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁traditional ▁to ▁give ▁in ▁char ity ▁gold ▁or ▁silver ▁equal ▁in ▁weight ▁to ▁the ▁hair . ▁ ▁This ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁done ▁by ▁actually ▁we igh ing ▁the ▁hair ; ▁if ▁it ▁is ▁too ▁difficult ▁to ▁do ▁that , ▁it ▁is ▁sufficient ▁to ▁estimate ▁the ▁weight ▁and ▁give ▁paper ▁currency ▁equivalent ▁to ▁the ▁price ▁of ▁that ▁amount ▁of ▁gold ▁or ▁silver . ▁ ▁S lav ic ▁culture ▁ ▁Polish ▁ ▁The ▁rit ual ▁first ▁ha irc ut ▁() ▁was ▁a ▁pre - Christ ian , ▁all - S lav ic ▁tradition , ▁though ▁it ▁surv ived ▁in ▁Poland ▁well ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century . ▁This ▁first ▁ha irc ut ▁tradition ally ▁took ▁place ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 7 ▁and ▁ 1 0 , ▁and ▁was ▁conducted ▁by ▁either ▁the ▁boy ' s ▁father ▁or ▁a ▁stranger , ▁who ▁would ▁thus ▁enter ▁into ▁the ▁boy ' s ▁family . ▁Before ▁that ▁age ▁the ▁boy ' s ▁life ▁was ▁connected ▁to ▁his ▁mother ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁treated ▁as ▁a ▁child . ▁The ▁rit ual ▁ha irc ut , ▁couple d ▁with ▁the ▁grant ing ▁of ▁an ▁additional ▁given ▁name ▁( us ually ▁the ▁third ), ▁marked ▁the ▁boy ' s ▁coming ▁of ▁age ▁and ▁a ▁transition