Navajo Indians Southwest: Bury A Child’s Placenta, Tribe’s Reservation
Among the Navajo Indians of the Southwest, it is customary to bury a child’s placenta within the sacred Four Corners of the tribe’s reservation as a binder to ancestral land and people.
Many Cultures Revere Placenta, Byproduct of Childbirth
Among the Navajo Indians of the Southwest, it is customary to bury a child’s placenta within the sacred Four Corners of the tribe’s reservation as a binder to ancestral land and people.
Sounds kind of like the Hmong people. If I’m correct, I believe that Hmong people (back in Laos or ancient times) bury the placenta in the middle of their homes.
Yes.
The newborn’s placenta or “black jacket” has been, by custom, buried in a very specific location within the Hmong household.