Group: soc.culture.hongkong · Group Profile · Search for Upperclass in soc.culture.hongkong
Author: hu.jt.china
Date: Aug 24, 2008 10:05
... religion (called Bon). Twins were considered proof that a woman had mated with an evil spirit. The rituals and folk medicine of Bon were considered "witchcraft." Like in other feudal societies, upperclass women were sold into arranged marriages. Custom allowed a husband to cut off the tip of his wife's nose if he discovered she had slept with someone else. The patriarchal practices included...
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