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Myrtle Knight
My great grandmother hosted my grandmother's first laugh ceremony. -
Freddie Chee
My dad's older sister hosted his first laugh ceremony. -
Minnie Knight
My grandma Myrtle celebrated and hosted my mother's first laugh ceremony. -
Clarissa Chee
My mother hosted my sister's first laugh ceremony. -
Christine Chee
My father hosted my sister's first laugh, with the help of my grandmother when it came to cooking. -
Freddie Chee Jr.
My nali (my paternal grandmother) hosted my brother's first laugh. -
Alicia Chee
My father hosted my first laugh ceremony. He made me laugh while changing my diaper. My nali (paternal grandmother) helped with the cooking. -
Valerie Chee
My older sister Clair made my little sister laugh with her goofy faces. She hosted my little sister's first laugh ceremony with the help of our mother. -
Colleen Chee
Valerie made Colleen laugh by falling on her stomach. My mother cooked for the first laugh ceremony. She held Valerie on her lap and Colleen sat on Val's lap holding the salt. -
Brandon Chee
My older sister Clair made our nephew Brandon laugh. We all helped with the cooking. Brandon would laugh all the time, he liked to rub his hand over my cousin's shaved head. -
Shanaya Upshaw
Clarissa made her daughter laugh for the first time and hosted her ceremony in their new home. You could always here Naya laughing during her bath time. -
Justin Chee
Justin's older brother Brandon made him laugh. Us, aunties hosted his first laugh ceremony. As todlers Justin, Shanaya, and Brandon always shared laughs. -
Autumn Fowler
Autumn's mother asked my mother to host her daughter's first laugh which is considered a great honor because we believe that a child assumes the qualities of the person who host the first laugh ceremony. -
Chauncey Upshaw
My sister Clair made her son Chauncey laugh and we all helped with the cooking. Our Chauncey hardly laughed as a baby, his first big laugh was at a magazine cover of Garth Brooks. -
Vernille Upshaw
Clarissa also made her second son laugh. We, as a family helped with the cooking. Vernille is known as the baby that loves to smile. -
Daylin Jones
My sister Val hosted her daughter's first laugh ceremony. A memorable facial cue before Daylin laughs is her lips shape into a 'O' first and then into a great big smile. -
Tashina Chee
Tashina's mother made her laugh and her ceremony was celebrated among her maternal clan. -
Cora Nasafotie
My sister Colleen made her daughter laugh for the first time. My sister's and I hosted the first laugh ceremony, we hosted the ceremony with only guidance from our mother to help us host our next ceremony on our own. We had trouble finding the salt.
Cora smiles more when she's on grandma's lap.
