The article explores some aspects of modern childbirth rituals and practices among the city dwellers of Dagestan, focusing on their syncretic nature and the mixture of traditional and new customs. Proper Islamic religious ceremonies occupy a significant place in the childbirth rituals, among them being mawlid, on the occasion of the birth, name-giving of a new-born, circumcision, visiting ziyarats, etc. Traditional ceremonies include the custom of treating a new mother with flour porridge, putting a child in a traditional cradle, the first hair-cut ceremony, the loss of the first tooth, the first steps of the child, etc. Some of the popular rites were invented in the Soviet and post-Soviet times.

本文探讨了达吉斯坦城市居民中现代分娩礼仪和习惯的某些方面，着重于它们的合一性以及传统与新习俗的融合。正确的伊斯兰宗教仪式在分娩仪式中占有重要地位，其中包括生胎，产假，给新生儿取名，包皮环切术，拜访ziyarat等。母亲用面粉粥，把孩子放在传统的摇篮里，举行第一次剪发仪式，失去了第一颗牙齿，生了孩子的第一步，等等。一些受欢迎的礼仪是在苏联和后苏联时代发明的时代。