Burma . KARENS Oo. 346. KAREN WITH DEOOY-COOK. labour out-of-doors till about sixty. Theoldest women who can move, make their dailyjourney for water, which is fetched and storedin joints of the giant bamboo. Old menoccupy themselves with plaiting mats andbaskets, and repairing gear. None are Karens are acquainted with the medicinalvirtues of many plants, such as bitter barks forague. But all sickness and misfortunes areascribed to the nats. Offerings and charmsare relied on more than medicines. When aperson dies, the body is treated with greatrespect, and every kind of offering is mad
Burma . KARENS Oo. 346. KAREN WITH DEOOY-COOK. labour out-of-doors till about sixty. Theoldest women who can move, make their dailyjourney for water, which is fetched and storedin joints of the giant bamboo. Old menoccupy themselves with plaiting mats andbaskets, and repairing gear. None are Karens are acquainted with the medicinalvirtues of many plants, such as bitter barks forague. But all sickness and misfortunes areascribed to the nats. Offerings and charmsare relied on more than medicines. When aperson dies, the body is treated with greatrespect, and every kind of offering is made topropitiate the spirit. The corpse is cremated,and the bones are buried at a place devotedto this use (ayd-daung), often at a distance,owing to the migrations of villages. Here ashrine is erected, consisting of a miniature hut,upon which a rude carving of a bird alwaysfigures. This symbolizes a mythical creature which conveys the spirit over rivers and chasms on its wanderings. For some time after a death, cotto
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