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I have a coworker who is
of Indian descent and they, too, have a similar custom. The new mother
stays abed and the relatives do all the housework, preparation of food,
etc. The mother is not allowed to do anything but take care of the
newborn. The duration of this custom is 40 days.
Peggy
Delgado
When I was working at a hospital in Silicon Valley, we hired several
Vietnamese immigrants (mostly women) as interpreters. They too have the
custom of the new mother not leaving her bed for an extended time (how long I
can't remember). During this period the mother was waited on hand and
foot by her family and served her meals at bedside to eat alone. They
were mostly Buddhists. How curious that such a custom is practiced
world-wide! I wonder if the Bible or the Koran or Buddhist, etc.
teachings all dictate that practice for new mothers?
Emilie Garcia
Port Orchard, WA.
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black">From:
Joseph Puentest
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 12:52
AM
Subject: Re: [ranchos] Re: information
on records & "Guardar Reposo 40 días"
Was it literal or was it not. I bet that in
different time periods this
rule went from being widely practiced to
not. Let's find out.
okay many people have relatives they are
visiting when they go to
Mexico. . .let's start asking the old ones what
they remember. We don't
need to make this the center of our
investigation but a couple of
questions in passing makes for keeping the
conversation interesting.
a civil discussion like this is so
interesting. . .thank you all for
participating.
joseph
v.h.villarreal wrote:
>I
really doubt that this is an accurate interpretation or a
widespread
>practice even in the old days. "Guardar reposo por
40 días" or
>resting for 40 days wasn't supposed to be taken that the
mother should
>stay in bed, not taking a bath, etc. rather that she
should "keep the
>husband away from her bed for 40 days", if you know
what I mean...
>
>Victor
>
>
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