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  • The Delivery of The Baby in Hani
    Dec 4, 2012

    When the child is born the person helping the mother will not pick it up until it has cried three times, the first for a life span, the second for the whole village and the third as a request of help. The helper must give a temporary name ...

    Tags: The Hani, birth customs, child

  • Introductions of The Lisu
    Nov 28, 2012

    The Lisu women are not obliged to abstain from certain foods during pregnancy and they go about their household duties as long as they are able. When the birth is imminent the husband calls to his ancestors by their spirit name, offering to ...

    Tags: Birth Customs, The Lisu, child