This is the day of Shanan Boontuu Shuggee Galaasaa. Boontuu was tortured in various prisons in Oromia. Later, the torture worsened and she migrated to neighboring Kenya. After years of exile, she settled and traveled safely to Canada.

She recently had a baby boy safely. She celebrated the Shanan with her friends in traditional Oromo beauty. The main purpose of Shanan is to encourage and bless the woman who gave birth on the fifth day. It is also a mother’s festival or ateetee and a thanksgiving to God for helping her to give birth in peace.

During this ceremony, the new mother does not wash her clothes until Shanan day. So she washes her circumcision on this day; and her clothes shall be washed.

The Shanan is an important and celebrated part of the midwife’s life. This is to the advantage of the family that a woman is safely released after carrying it in her womb for nine months. And the newborn is an addition to the family. Therefore, they do not leave a woman alone until she becomes stronger and self-reliant. Because it is said that the pit opens its mouth and waits for her. And when she goes to the bathroom, she carries an iron in her hand, and sucks it into her head.

In general, after Shanan is out, the child is encouraged; and the midwife shall be comforted; they ate with the prepared marqaa and gave her collective support.

This system plays an important role in helping the mother recover from labor pains. Family and friends who attend the Shanan will also encourage the midwife to look beautiful and earn the honor of midwifery. On this Shanan they made the midwife physically strong, socially beautiful, gracefully bright, and accustomed to the burdens of pregnancy and childbirth.

This Shanan Prides make those like her who are away from relatives and aunts not feel lonely and isolated. It covers the new mother with identity commonality.