Also known as “civil baptism,” the second one has been celebrated. Civil ceremony of name imposition In a Madrid town, the first one was held in 2004 in Igualada (Barcelona).
This secular tendency seems to take off slowly, because although they describe it as an event to give the "democratic welcome" to the newborn under the principles of freedom, equality and respect, it is still an unnecessary feast, in our humble opinion as well. that religious baptism, because to be a citizen, it is enough with the compulsory civil registration, but we respect the wishes of the parents who choose a priest or a mayor to welcome their offspring.
The development of the Civil Ceremony of imposition of name is very simple and brief, in the first celebration of this nature two fragments of the letter of the Human Rights of the children in the UN were read, a chapter on the education of the Spanish Constitution and an intervention by the mother in which she appreciates the democratic welcome they grant to her son, as well as the commitment of the parents and the City Council to ensure the rights of the child. In the second ceremony held in our country, the two articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child were also read, in this case it was the paternal grandfather who dedicated a few words, subsequently the Municipal Charter of Citizenship was signed and finally the city council delivered a gift to the child.
"Civil baptism" is an old French republican tradition, the first time it was carried out was in Strasbourg in 1790, during the First Republic. It is also being celebrated in England or Wales, do you think that in Spain it will become a tradition?
