Shintoism The traditional religion of Japan is Shinto, meaning “the way of the gods” or “kami.” The Japanese do not regard the kami just as divine gods, as it is believed that many of the kami are ancestors who remain close to the earthly world. Ceremonies ask kami, the mysterious ...
Those cultures that observe traditional, ritual displays of social support to the new mother seem largely “immune” from PPD (Kelly, 1967;Kruckmanet al., 1983;Upreti, 1979). Among the Nigerian Ibibio, for instance, women are placed in a “fattening room” after giving birth, while others ...