6. First pregnancy.

In the fifth or seventh month of the first pregnancy of a Kasbi woman

108 fried wafers of flour and sugar, known as gujahs, are prepared,

and are eaten by her as well as distributed to friends and relatives

who are invited to the house. After this they in return prepare

similar wafers and send them to the pregnant woman. Some little time

before the birth the mother washes her head with gram flour, puts

on new clothes and jewels, and invites all her friends to the house,

feasting them with rice boiled in milk, cakes and sweetmeats.

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