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.

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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.

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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.

Where is d remaining?

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.

barnabasj: Where is d remaining?

Barnabas am on it. Hope the post is ok?

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.

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.

Eating of placenta is weird

Is there anyone am missing? Feel free to chip in.

Randy100: Eating of placenta is weird

Na india na, wetin u expect lol.

Also check out: https://www.nairaland.com/1867861/10-things-deceptively-complex

Since they are the coustoms and traditions of the people tthe their is nothing wrong and disgustting about it.

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?

QAPHAYNE: 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.

I strongly doubt this. Can you name the tribe?

QAPHAYNE: 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.

This is kinda cruel on the baby.

RichDad1:
I strongly doubt this. Can you name the tribe?

. Its quite extinct now. But in those days in some part of ibo land its seen as a sign of feminine strength

RichDad1:
This is kinda cruel on the baby.

. U can say that lol. I like ur signature its abraham lincoln right?

No. 10 so sweet

UnknownT: No. 10 so sweet

. Wow unknowntroll on my post, I feel honoured.

QAPHAYNE: . Can I disagree with u?

the choice is urs

2cato: the choice is urs

. Ok I disagree with u . Funny signature though

QAPHAYNE: . Ok I disagree with u . Funny signature though

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.

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.

QAPHAYNE: 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.

#icebucketchallenge things.

Marpol:

#icebucketchallenge things.

You can say that again

QAPHAYNE: 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

These people are the last surviving Pagans of North_WEst Pakistan.

All of dese are gidi gan.....Love d last one though....

Yuck

Ok ooo.