🇲🇽 Mexico · Traditional
Rebozo Rockingレボソによる揺らし
The traditional midwife's technique of wrapping the abdomen or hips in a woven shawl (rebozo) and rocking to ease tension in pregnancy; spread to doulas worldwide.
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Fact sheet
- Origin
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Era
- Traditional
- Classification
- Traditional healing system
- Techniques
- Movement
- Practitioner body parts
- Tool
- Medium
- None
- Clothing
- Clothed
- Setting
- Table
- Also known as
- Rebozo sifting · Rebozo technique
Cultural meaning
The rebozo is the woven shawl of Mexican women, used to carry babies, bind the hips and in ritual; its use in pregnancy is learned respectfully as part of the culture of traditional midwives.
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Related forms and lineages
Related reference entry: Manteada
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