Burma . and 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
Burma . and 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 covering, it spends its wakinghours on a smooth mat spread over a springy bamboo floor which somewhat ?^; -v^^%t fcv;::/ „ / ? ^ -i»m-): v^^^Hiikiiai -- 13. THE RATTAN CRADLE (PAKET). INFANCY. 14. BURMAN MOTHER AND INFANT. tempers Natures discipline of knocksand bumps, as compared with the barehard ground of the Indian hut. Never-theless the young Burmans converse withhis environment is unrestricted the time he is a year old he may betrusted to himself on a flimsy platformmany feet off the ground or over thewater. There are few things in the wayof the child that it may not handle. Thevery cheroot its mother is smoking is acoveted plaything. The daily bath atthe river-side or well has familiarised thechild with another element. It may rushout into the first tropical shower andsplash to its hearts content with its olderplaymates in the first tepid puddle. TheBurmans regular exclamation of wonderor fear is mother ! —amL When the child is a few months old, relatives and friends are assembled and entertained with tea and sweets to witness the ceremony of piercing the ears and giving a name. The Burmans have no patronymics. The name is chosen from a set of current
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