Preparing for a Balinese baby to walk the Earth:
Babies on the Indonesian island of Bali don’t start off life on the right foot — or on the left.
That is because a prevalent and ancient custom there says an infant’s feet should not touch the ground for the first 105 days after birth.
The practice derives from a belief that newborns are still close to the sacred realm from which they came and therefore deserve to be treated with veneration. Belief in reincarnation is widespread in Bali, where most people practice a local form of Hinduism. A child’s birth is seen as the rebirth of a deceased relative, with ancestors returning as their own descendants.
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