Burma . 11. THE NATIONAL EMBLEM OF 12. BABYS BATH. CHAPTER II CHILDHOOD The cradle and the flower-standare the two things that strike onein every Burman dwelling by thecare bestowed on them. Theplainest cradle has a turned railand a carved headpiece (p. 8).The cradle swings by ropes towhich the mosquito curtain is bed is made of a cottonmattress and a few plies of infant is swaddled while itsmother is lying in, and for aweek or two later according tothe season of the year. Afterthat it wears only necklets andbangles. The first clothes the child gets are for grand occ
Burma . 11. THE NATIONAL EMBLEM OF 12. BABYS BATH. CHAPTER II CHILDHOOD The cradle and the flower-standare the two things that strike onein every Burman dwelling by thecare bestowed on them. Theplainest cradle has a turned railand a carved headpiece (p. 8).The cradle swings by ropes towhich the mosquito curtain is bed is made of a cottonmattress and a few plies of infant is swaddled while itsmother is lying in, and for aweek or two later according tothe season of the year. Afterthat it wears only necklets andbangles. The first clothes the child gets are for grand occasions, after ithas learned to run about and take care of itself. When the mother hasrecovered, she takes her babe with her wherever she goes, and if a wood orcane cradle is not handy she slings the infant in a plain hammock of cloth(No. 224). The Burmans do not carry their young children in a sling on the backlike the hill people, but on the hip as soon as they can sit up (Nos. 327, 424).When the babe is hardy enough to go without coveri
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