Posted on 12/01/2016 12:53:58 PM PST by SeekAndFind
You have a good custom. One worthy of any real Christian.
A wish of love and peacefullness is a prayer for the good of all God’s Children. One Thousand (or more) points of light!
I think you mean the other way around: if there are more men and fewer women, the men would pay a large bride-price. A dowry paid to the man’s family would be logical when men are scarcer.
However, it’s more complicated than that. In some societies, the dowry is less of a bribe to the man than a kind of trust settlement on the bride, so that she has some independent resources. In theory, at least ...
The Lord is the “engine” that made America great. I have pointed this out to the manager of an Indian H1B contracting outlet that has made contracting sales to America. Nominally Hindu, he’s actually seeming to get the point.
It’s to straighten her feet. She was probably severely pigeon toed.
“China has an extremely racist culture...most don’t know it.”
Orientals are the most racist on this planet.
yep orthopedic shoes as well. Worn them both when I was a child. Hard to flip from your front to your back when sleeping without banging the crib rails and waking up your parents.
I’ve seen a number of babies wearing those feet braces.
Ah okay, that makes sense. The only think I could think of was they might be some kind of baby manacles to keep the kid from running away :)
The skewed birth ratio in response to limited family size is seen in South Korea and Vietnam, too, and increasingly in Muslim nations like Azerbijan and Albania.
it is a way to fix the turned in feet but honestly by fixing the turned in feet the hips end up causing you issues later in life. I actually think they would be better off breaking the bone or re-aligning the hips and feet from the hip joint down than fixing it the way they do but what do I know? I just know I had the connective bar and orthopedic shoes and my feet are straight now but my hips are bothering me now that I am in my 50’s and I have not led a hardscrabble life.
Dowries are often his gift to her family as a down payment, proof he can support a wife and children - and ends up going to her to become part of the household and less than the gifts the family gives the married couple to set up household.
To treat clubbed feet.
Well, that may be, but some of us just don’t age well. I’m almost 60 and am surprised at the condition of those much younger than me. I stay active though.
. . . consisting, nominally at least, of only sons exclusively. To their parents, at least, not so “expendable - one might suppose.
Good for you on staying in shape. I need to work on that a lot more in the new year. My old man is 78 and has had 2 hip replacements. Looking into having to replace another hip as he wore out one of the replacements. Plays handball and golfs and plays tennis every week. Tough old dude:) I’m pretty sure he can still take me.
Ha! Good for your old man! Sounds like he would be hard to keep up with.
One of our daughters wore that as a baby. It's to ensure their legs grow straight. We were expecting a normal vaginal birthing with a midwife present, as was the case with our other children. But our baby turned in the womb and the doctors couldn't make her turn, having to come out in a c-section delivery. Her legs had been twisted in the womb, and that appliance was prescribed to straighten her feet. Every day we'd put it on her while she slept in her crib, until she was able to walk. Straightened her feet out just fine before she turned one year old.
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