How does Moslem community apply the tahneek to the babies?

Background. midwives as health practicioners are expected to give the best practices which are based on proves,such as initiation to pre breast feeding and exclusive breast milk. in the other hand,midvives are also expected to apply the cultural sensitivity care which is focused on the fact that women are the representation of midwives'' care philosophy,where moslem community choose to feed dates to their new born babies. aim: to explore the description of tahneek application conducted by moslem to their new born babies. method. qualitative research with phenomenologic approach was conducted in this study. the data collecting was done by conducting thorough interviews in june 2016 in bojong kulur sub district. the sample was done using purposive sampling technique. the thorough interviews involved 21 participants. the data verification was carried out using data triangulation. result. findings of this study described the time for conducting the tahneek,the person who conducted the tahneek,frequency of feeding,the substance used,preparation before conducting the tahneek,how to masticate or chew dates,amount of dates which should be prepared for the baby,the use of hands and fingers,how to conduct tahneek,and the breast feeding after conducting tahneek. conclusion. there were still some differences in conducting the tahneek in moslem society. the decision on what should be done while conducting the tahneek was based on the beliefs of the person who conducted the tahneek.