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CHILD BODY PART BELIEF
LITTLE GIRLS GET THEIR EARS PIERCED 3 DAYS AFTER THEY ARE BORN.
Submitter comment:
A PRACTICE OF SABINAS MEXICO.
THE INFORMANT EXPRESSED THAT THERE IS NO LUCK CUSTOM INVOLVED AND IT
IS JUST A DECORATIVE TRADITION (INFORMANT BORN IN SABINAS).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | 686 686.1 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Human or animal body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-00-1981