no@no.com wrote in
news:51e239d2$0$13566$c3e8da3$dd9697d2@news.astraweb.com:
> What are the strings around the boys' waists called? What are he
> purpose?
>
Hi No No
Not sure what they are called but they are a type of amulet that mothers
often tie round their sons waist or neck, something to do with Hindu rural
peasant superstition, some have small trinkets protective reliquary
caskets attached as well on the string.
all very cute really and the boys never take them off
Cosmos
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