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🇰🇪 Kenya · Traditional

East African Infant Massage東アフリカの乳児マッサージ

Across many East African peoples, mothers and grandmothers stretch infants' limbs and stroke them with oil to 'shape' them; methods differ by region and people.

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Origin
🇰🇪 Kenya · 🇺🇬 Uganda · 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Era
Traditional
Classification
Traditional healing system
Techniques
Oil
Practitioner body parts
Palm / Thumb
Medium
Oil
Clothing
Clothed
Setting
Floor

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