After a child is born among the Kalinago of the West Indies, the mother is quick to get back to regular household work. For the father, however, the situation is quite different. He takes to his hammock inside his house, and is visited and consoled as if he were ill. He avoids any strenuous labor for some days, and undertakes an extended
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After a child is born among the Kalinago of the West Indies, the mother is quick to get back to regular household work. For the father, however, the situation is quite different. He takes to his hammock inside his house, and is visited and consoled as if he were ill. He avoids any strenuous labor for some days, and undertakes an extended
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