Burma . ilies reared. Acurious feature of Burman soci-ality is the promiscuous sucklingof infants in the circle of relativesand friends. Childrens heads are shavedin more or less fanciful ways upto the ages of ten or twelve, afterwhich the hair is allowed to growlong. The road-fronts of the housesare always peopled with are equals and are freeto roam through the neighbourshouses and plots, where they arekindly noticed. Adults take in-terest in their games, and makekites and reels, boats, carts andother simple toys for them. of an inch thick. This cus-tom is on the decline, an
Burma . ilies reared. Acurious feature of Burman soci-ality is the promiscuous sucklingof infants in the circle of relativesand friends. Childrens heads are shavedin more or less fanciful ways upto the ages of ten or twelve, afterwhich the hair is allowed to growlong. The road-fronts of the housesare always peopled with are equals and are freeto roam through the neighbourshouses and plots, where they arekindly noticed. Adults take in-terest in their games, and makekites and reels, boats, carts andother simple toys for them. of an inch thick. This cus-tom is on the decline, andthe ears of boys are not sogenerally pierced as theyused to be. The naddung orwomens ear-plug of gold isbeing replaced by the nagdtwith its slender stem (No. 241).With eldest-born girls the f^teis frequently deferred untilthey are twelve or fourteen,and is then celebrated with allthe more splendour (p. 14). Burman children are not weaned until the second or gin to receive solid food as soon as they will. 17. THE WOODEN CRADLE (SAUNGBAN). CHILDRENS GAMES KWH |gP^ 18. YOUNG CHILDRENS TOYS. Manufactured toys arethe most noticeablewares in the sale-booths. A universaltoy is the seed fromthe giant pod of thedd creeper (No. 251).Like marbles with us,the seeds—gon-hnyin—are the prizes ofthe game. In Sanger-manos time (1783-1806) these games used to be played by adults. A characteristic boys game is sitoppyit (No. 25). Lots are cast for riders and horses. A ball or bundle is thrown from rider to rider till a player misses the catch, when all the riders dismount and scramble with the horses for the ball. The one who secures it becomes or remains a rider as the case may be. Boys run races for their own sport and that of their elders, and race their toy boats. They fight duels with their kites, each flier seeking to saw through his opponents kite-line, for which purpose a length of string has been roughened with sand or pounded glass. The peg-top is a favourite toy. That it is indige
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