05.06.08
Posted in Blogroll at 5:25 am by Sergio by ThailandHandicrafts.com
About Mien Group…
Marriage - Choosing a Mate..(3)
Very few external rules govern the selection of Mien couples. In principle, the boy and girl should be of
different clans, though exceptions can be made.
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More strictly observed is the custom that older siblings should marry before younger ones. If a younger sibling should want to marry before his/her elder sibling has married, he/she would need to make financial reparations to the elder sibling.
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04.29.08
Posted in Blogroll at 3:01 am by Sergio by ThailandHandicrafts.com
About Mien Group…(13)
Marriage - Choosing a Mate..(2)
In the old days, boys were poor, owning an automobile was almost impossible. Most boys had to walk to their destiny.
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Sometimes the walking distance (between the boy and the girl) could be as close as a few houses down the road, or as far as villages apart. Some boys would get lucky and be welcomed to the bedroom
on their first night.
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04.28.08
Posted in Blogroll at 4:58 am by Sergio by ThailandHandicrafts.com
About Mien Group…
Marriage - Choosing a Mate..(1)
Young Miens (both boys and girls) begin looking for a mate at around the age of 15, or older. Boys are usually the ones who initiate the flirtation,
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often paying a special visit to that certain girl he had in mind. Every girl,
however, may refuse, because each girl is given the right to choose which boy is best for her.
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04.26.08
Posted in Blogroll at 12:28 am by Sergio by ThailandHandicrafts.com
About Mien Group…
During the first month,
the mother is not allowed to visit anyone outside her home. She must not work, or lift anything heavy. The mother and baby must bathe in a tub that is filled with warm water only.
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The mother must drink warm broth, which boiled with variety of herbs. The broth works like medicine, soothes, and heals the inside.
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04.24.08
Posted in Blogroll at 3:23 am by Sergio by ThailandHandicrafts.com
About Mien Group…
Caring for Mother and Baby
During the first 10 days after labor, the mother must not eat anything raw, not even fresh vegetables.
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Everything she eats must be cooked; chicken broth with variety of herbs is very common.
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04.23.08
Posted in Blogroll at 1:59 am by Sergio by ThailandHandicrafts.com
About Mien Group…
After Birth
It could take weeks depending on the lunar calendar. During this time, a cross-sign (symbol),
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made of bamboo is placed outside the main door(s), which means “the family is not welcoming anyone at this time.”
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04.21.08
Posted in Blogroll at 5:17 am by Sergio by ThailandHandicrafts.com
About Mien Group…
After Birth
After the baby is washed, wiped dry, and wrapped in towels, or blanket. Within that day, the mother then brings out the baby to the door and face toward the sky;
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showing the baby to the moon, the sun, and the stars to prove that the family now has a new member. From that point on, no one from outside the family is allowed to come in the house until after a certain ceremony is completed.
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04.19.08
Posted in Blogroll at 12:01 am by Sergio by ThailandHandicrafts.com
About Mien Group…
During Birth
If the baby’s mother is single during her pregnancy, she must deliver her baby out side the house in a booth built near the house. She needs to respect her family by not giving birth in the house because
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she is still single, has no husband, and the baby is born out of wedlock. If she’s married, or has a husband,she can give birth in the house, in her own room.
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04.10.08
Posted in Blogroll at 10:34 pm by Sergio by ThailandHandicrafts.com
About Mien Group…
During Birth
In the village far away from the city where there is no hospital near by, a pregnant woman’s mother (baby’s grandma) would usually act as a midwife and help deliver the baby.
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Grandma would help pull the baby out if needed, but most of the time she would wait until the baby is completely out from the mother’s vagina, then the grandma would hold the baby in her hands, and quickly cut the baby’s umbilical cord, usually with sharpened bamboo.
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Posted in Blogroll at 4:10 am by Sergio by ThailandHandicrafts.com
About Mien Group…
During Pregnancy
Mien believed that when an unborn child is still in the mother’s womb, family members must be very careful around the mother.One should not intrude the mother while she is in her room, that may chase away the baby’s soul.
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One should not use sharp objects such as knife or scissors to cut things around the mother for risk that the baby may be born deformed or have a cleft-palate or hare lip.
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