... all aspects of the pre and post birth rituals (147). The neighbors and the elders in the village offer support to both the pregnant mother and to the family. Community midwives, who may also be the female community leader, deliver the newborns because in this culture it is considered a "scandal" for a woman to give birth in a hospital (148). Celebrations of the ... ...

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