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When I was working at a hospital in Silicon Valley, we hired several Vietnamese immigrants (mostly women) as interpreters. They too have the custom of the new mother not leaving her bed for an extended time (how long I can't remember). During this period the mother was waited on hand and foot by her family and served her meals at bedside to eat alone. They were mostly Buddhists. How curious that such a custom is practiced world-wide! I wonder if the Bible or the Koran or Buddhist, etc. teachings all dictate that practice for new mothers? Emilie Garcia Port Orchard, WA. ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Puentest Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 12:52 AM To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [ranchos] Re: information on records & "Guardar Reposo 40 días"
Was it literal or was it not. I bet that in different time periods this
rule went from being widely practiced to not. Let's find out.
okay many people have relatives they are visiting when they go to
Mexico. . .let's start asking the old ones what they remember. We don't
need to make this the center of our investigation but a couple of
questions in passing makes for keeping the conversation interesting.
a civil discussion like this is so interesting. . .thank you all for
participating.
joseph
v.h.villarreal wrote:
>I really doubt that this is an accurate interpretation or a widespread
>practice even in the old days. "Guardar reposo por 40 días" or
>resting for 40 days wasn't supposed to be taken that the mother should
>stay in bed, not taking a bath, etc. rather that she should "keep the
>husband away from her bed for 40 days", if you know what I mean...
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>Victor
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