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During the seventh month of her pregnancy, the woman and her husband begin to observe taboos...They are prohibited from carrying a stone on their backs otherwise their child will be paralysed. The couple will not touch a corpse because they fear that their child will be deformed by fainting.

• Source: Benedict Sandin. Iban way of life: a translation from Tusun Pandiau. Kuching: Borneo Literature Bureau, 1976.
• Culture: Iban
• Location: Asia