Asia Blog: China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam

Saving Umbilical Cords

Posted in Culture, Korea by Elliott Back on December 2nd, 2004.

Huileng posted a piece describing the common practice of preserving your child’s umbilical cord for posterity. This isn’t something I’ve heard of in Western tradition. There’s also a Korean company that will gold-plate your child’s umbilical cord, and place it in a pleasant wall display…

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