About around the world, the birth of twin children for a couple is considered a “blessing”, a “gift of God”. However, on an island of South Africa, Madagascar, and in particular in its southern part, the arrival of Gemini is considered “misfortune” and thus in the process of birth, they “take care”, as barbaric if it is, to live only one! This perception is based on traditional beliefs that the birth of two children by the same mother “violates the natural order” or “brings misfortune to the family and the village”. In some cases, children are abandoned, given to relatives outside the community or – in the past – in particular – there have been practices of killing one infant. A Greek pediatrician from Florina, Olga Tzetz, Doctor of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, head of the scientific -humanitarian mission “I take care of the children of southern Madagascar”, offers valuable work in this remote country, which is well known. There is also the dark side of the “moon”. Mother of twins and herself decided […]
Source: News Beast
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