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10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 6:22am On Aug 22, 2014 |
1) EATING OF PLACENTA: The placenta sends the fetus nutrition, but some mothers consider it to be nutrition itself. Through maternal placentophagy, the mother eats her own placenta after birth to absorb hormones and other nutrients. The practice is very common among animals that may have no other food handy right after labor. It turns out that some humans swear by it, too. Traditional medicine in China, Jamaica, and parts of India recommend it for various mystical reasons. Modern practitioners claim that hormone 2) SUCKING OF SEX ORGANS: The Manchu, an ethnic minority in China, have a weird way of showing their love for their newborns. Their public displays of affection extend even to the child’s genitals. Girls receive joyous genital tickling, while the boys receive full-on MouthAction from their mothers. Similar practices go on in some other cultures, among some people in Thailand, Japan, and India. The act isn’t intended as sexual at all. Interestingly, the Manchu do consider kisses to always be sexual, even when given to a family member or child, so Manchu parents will never kiss their child’s face. 1 Like
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Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 6:26am On Aug 22, 2014 |
Mods please help me move it to health or general pleaaaaase!! |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 6:30am On Aug 22, 2014 |
3) SPITTING ON THE BABY: The Wolof people of Mauritania and surrounding countries believe that human saliva can retain words, so they spit on newborns to add blessings that stick. When a baby is born, women spit on its face, men spit in its ear, and then, for good measure, they rub saliva all over its head. The Igbo tribe in Nigeria goes a step further. When a baby is born, it goes to the family’s ancestral house. There, a relative who is a good orator chews some alligator pepper, spits it on a finger, and puts it in the baby’s mouth. This supposedly makes the child grow up to be just as good an orator as the donor of the spit. 4) WEDDING CAKE ON BABYS FORE-HEAD: Some couples save a bit of their wedding cake for an anniversary, but Irish couples traditionally hold on to theirs for another occasion: the first child’s christening. The parents serve the top tier of the cake to guests and sprinkle a few crumbs on the child’s forehead to bless it with good luck. A proper Irish wedding cake generally has a fair bit of whiskey. But since a few crumbs of whiskey cake is hardly enough alcohol for an Irish child, couples often save some champagne from the wedding along with the cake. They open it at the baptism and use it to wet the happy baby’s head. 1 Like
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Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by dejt4u(m): 6:38am On Aug 22, 2014 |
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Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 6:43am On Aug 22, 2014 |
5) DIPPING BABIES IN ICED WATER: What do you do to keep your baby free of heat strokes and rashes? If you answered “douse them in icy water,” there’s a good chance you’re Mayan. In hot countries like Guatemala, Mayan mothers think ice baths are the best way to fight the heat. The babies generally scream during their whole time in the bath, but the mothers don’t mind. They claim the baby goes to sleep right after. And whether or not that’s true, witnesses say that the ice bath really does cure heat rash.
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Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by Nobody: 6:44am On Aug 22, 2014 |
Where is d remaining? |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 6:46am On Aug 22, 2014 |
6) UNASSISTED NIGERIAN BIRTHS: In parts of Nigeria, pregnant women are supposed to give birth alone. Midwives and other support come in after the delivery, but the woman is expected to go through the process itself without any help. This custom has more to do with poverty and women’s low social standing than with independence. In a lot of cases, the families simply don’t support asking for outside help, no matter how much the mother needs it. Some organizations are responding to the trend by entering rural areas and offering help. Unaided, mothers who give birth often suffer miscarriages or other complications.
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Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 6:48am On Aug 22, 2014 |
barnabasj: Where is d remaining? Barnabas am on it. Hope the post is ok? |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 6:52am On Aug 22, 2014 |
7) ISOLATED PAKISTANI MOTHERS: Kalash mothers in Pakistan also traditionally give birth away from their families but for a different reason: The culture considers mothers in labor to be unclean. Mothers therefore deliver their children in a special isolated building called the Bashleni. The system lets men stay far away from the disgusting fluids and the general air of childbirth, for fear of polluting themselves. Even other women who will probably go through the same thing in the future, or have in the past, don’t want be around. The only people who can enter the house to assist the mother are women who are menstruating because they, too, are seen as unclean Balinese Babies Can’t Touch The Ground: Various strange ceremonies surround Balinese birth. Take the setra ari ari, for instance. The Balinese believe that the placenta, or ari ari, has a spirit of its own that acts as the child’s guardian angel. Parents therefore bury the placenta ritually in a special cemetery. But perhaps the weirdest custom is that babies aren’t allowed to touch the ground until they reach three months of age. The newborn is considered pure, and any contact with the floor within those three months will defile it. But at the three-month mark, the family holds a formal ceremony, in which the baby walks the unclean ground for the first time. 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 6:55am On Aug 22, 2014 |
9) Chinese Pregnancy Restrictions: Apparently, China has a great many odd birth customs. When a Chinese couple marry and enter their home for the first time, the husband is supposed to carry the bride over the threshold, just like the international custom—but he also carries her over burning coals to ensure that she can give birth without any problems. Then when the wife does get pregnant, she traditionally faces a host of unusual and surprising bans. She must not gossip. She must not laugh too loudly. She mustn’t get angry or even think bad thoughts. She mustn’t look at colors that clash, and she should only eat light-colored food (to create a light-colored baby, of course). She must never sit on a crooked mat, else the child may be born deformed. She must sleep with a knife under her bed, so the sharp object will deter bad spirits. The house must not undergo any construction during the pregnancy—and the mother can have absolutely no sex. 10) Lithuanian Baby Racing Most of our infants spend their time chilling and getting spoiled by their parents, but some Lithuanian babies have things a little different. Every year, the country organizes a race to find the fastest crawler in the country. The event is often marked by hilarious moments when the babies have absolutely no idea what to do and crash midway—because they’re babies. Parents nudge them on by holding toys or other shiny objects. The race is even supported by sponsors and generally attracts huge crowds every year. It’s scheduled annually for June 1, which just happens to be International Child Protection Day. 7 Likes |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by Randy100: 6:55am On Aug 22, 2014 |
Eating of placenta is weird 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 6:56am On Aug 22, 2014 |
Is there anyone am missing? Feel free to chip in. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 6:58am On Aug 22, 2014 |
Randy100: Eating of placenta is weird Na india na, wetin u expect lol. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 7:12am On Aug 22, 2014 |
Also check out: https://www.nairaland.com/1867861/10-things-deceptively-complex 1 Like |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by 2cato: 7:50am On Aug 22, 2014 |
Since they are the coustoms and traditions of the people tthe their is nothing wrong and disgustting about it. 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 7:59am On Aug 22, 2014 |
2cato: Since they are the coustoms and traditions of the people tthe their is nothing wrong and disgustting about it.. Can I disagree with u? 4 Likes |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by RichDad1(m): 8:22am On Aug 22, 2014 |
QAPHAYNE: 6) UNASSISTED NIGERIAN BIRTHS:I strongly doubt this. Can you name the tribe? 4 Likes |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by RichDad1(m): 8:23am On Aug 22, 2014 |
QAPHAYNE: 5) DIPPING BABIES IN ICED WATER:This is kinda cruel on the baby. |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 8:25am On Aug 22, 2014 |
RichDad1:. Its quite extinct now. But in those days in some part of ibo land its seen as a sign of feminine strength 1 Like |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 8:27am On Aug 22, 2014 |
RichDad1:. U can say that lol. I like ur signature its abraham lincoln right? |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by UnknownT: 8:37am On Aug 22, 2014 |
No. 10 so sweet |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 8:41am On Aug 22, 2014 |
UnknownT: No. 10 so sweet. Wow unknowntroll on my post, I feel honoured. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by 2cato: 9:02am On Aug 22, 2014 |
QAPHAYNE: . Can I disagree with u?the choice is urs |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 9:08am On Aug 22, 2014 |
2cato: the choice is urs. Ok I disagree with u . Funny signature though |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by 2cato: 9:11am On Aug 22, 2014 |
QAPHAYNE: . Ok I disagree with u . Funny signature thoughstart going with short cut so that things will be easy for us guys who spent fortune on brazilian hair just to show love to u gurls. |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 9:25am On Aug 22, 2014 |
2cato: start going with short cut so that things will be easy for us guys who spent fortune on brazilian hair just to show love to u gurls. |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by Marpol: 10:12am On Aug 22, 2014 |
QAPHAYNE: 5) DIPPING BABIES IN ICED WATER: #icebucketchallenge things. |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by QAPHAYNE: 11:13am On Aug 22, 2014 |
Marpol: You can say that again |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by PAGAN9JA(m): 12:11pm On Aug 22, 2014 |
QAPHAYNE: 7) ISOLATED PAKISTANI MOTHERS: These people are the last surviving Pagans of North_WEst Pakistan. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by kayojosephy(m): 12:26pm On Aug 22, 2014 |
All of dese are gidi gan.....Love d last one though.... |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by Nobody: 12:33pm On Aug 22, 2014 |
Yuck |
Re: 10 Strange Birth Customs From Around The World by Babyboy1986(m): 12:33pm On Aug 22, 2014 |
Ok ooo. |
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