Enawarai - Enawarai

Japanese: エナワライ - えなわらい
Enawarai - Enawarai

...When burying the baby, a brush or abacus was placed inside the baby's body, and thread or needle was placed inside the baby's body, in hopes that the baby would excel in its field. There is a custom in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, and Okinawa in which people would burst into laughter after the burial, called Enawarai. [Oto Yuki] The afterbirth is associated with the fetus rather than the mother, and is the subject of worship. The idea that it determines the child's fate in the future is widely found not only in Japan, but also in China, Korea, the Malay Archipelago, and Europe. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…埋めるとき男児に筆・そろばん,女児に糸・針などを入れてその道に優れることを願った。エナワライといって,埋め終わるとそこに居合わせた者がどっと笑うという風習が,滋賀県大津市や沖縄などにあった。【大藤 ゆき】 後産は産婦よりむしろ胎児と結びついて信仰の対象となり,それが子どもの運命を将来にわたっても左右するという考え方は,日本のほか,中国,朝鮮,マレー諸島,ヨーロッパなどで広く見いだされる。…

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