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61and above wealth. So this Chongmou bride is rare. Therehave not been ten such marriages in the whole Kuki societyin fifty years or more.Birth and InfancySome close relatives and friends help in the deliveryof a child. Soon after the child is born, a piece ofcotton is tied about an inch from the navel of the child.Apiece of split bamboo with a sharp edge or a clean knife isused to cut the umbilical cord soon after it is tied.Thewoman is given acup or bottle of rice beer to drink afterthe placenta is cleared while she remains standing, and onlythen is the child offered breast feeding.It is to be notedthat usually the placenta and the umbilical cord are placedin a gourd and hung at the top of the outside of the backwall of the house.They remained there until the receptacledecayed and fell of itself.The child is named soon after birth.The male childis named after the order of his grandfather; but the femalechild, after her grandmother. A boy is always given a na mefrom the patrilineal ancestors, but there is no fixed ruleas to girls.Then, those who have helped in the delivery areinvited to a feast of lifting downS a child by the family.8The feast of lifting down is the feast for thebirth of a child. It is to welcome the child and tocongratulate the mother. Lifting down is a phrasesignifying the greeting of a newborn baby. The nurses andthose who assisted to the birth of the child are a I sorecognized at this feast.