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Name
- Daw Shew Age
- 70 Sex
- F Religion
- Buddhist Location
- Umphiem Camp 1.How
many children do you have?
I've two children. 2.What
did your parents do?
My parents were daily workers(labourers) and they
do everything. 3.What
do you do during the day?
Before
I looked after the buffalo and planted rice, now I have a small shop.
4.What traditions did you have a bout
marriages and death?
People went to Doway pagoda traveljing
with friends. They wore Karen dress,
Karen longyi, but now you can wear
anthing you like. For death they
invite the monks and give food.
5.Who did you live with after you get
married?
With my parents.
6.Why did you get married?
Because it was the time to get married and
my parents arranged it for me.
7.How did you get money?
I was a daily worker and the money that
I'd earned I bought food and small things that I
needed.
8.Where
did you get food?
When I stayed with my husband we
didn't need to buy food, but now after he died
we should buy.
9.How
did your husband
died?
He was drowned.
10.Where did you give birth?
I gave birth in the village,
because the hospital was so far. In the
village we had to pay 5 pya for a
midwife.
11.Did people marry again if
their partners died?
Yes, they can marry again but they
must wait for a year.
12.How did you raise your children?
I was a farmer and raised them.
13.Where did people study?
I don't know where people got
education. There was a monastery and
school but I've never been. I was a
farmer. |
