Page 4 - Oct-Dec 2019

ROCK-A-bye BABY
CariNG CradlES struggle to bring up their babies
Sometimes mothers in cities
and many a times they are found
A cradle is a bed built specifically for babies. In India, intricately carved napping in local trains with the
wooden cradles are unique. These may have a cloth attached to them, baby rocking in a
which is used to hold the baby. saree cradle!
Dhanya shri D, Vi a, little scholars Matric hr. sec. school, Thanjavur

PRIETY- PALNA PRETTy PALNA TRADITIONAL THOTTIL GUJARATI GHODIyU

In Tamil Nadu, a thuli Ghodiyu is a type of traditional
is a white cotton cradle, which is designed on
cloth hung from the a wooden frame with a cloth
ceiling. Often, the hammock. It is said that this style
cloth is taken from developed in Gujarat.
the mother’s saree.
The cotton regulates
air and it carries the
scent of the mother
which comforts the
Rocking cradles or jhulas are very baby.
common around India. These are Mangai somasundaram,
traditionally known as palnas. Vii, M.CT. M. Chidambaram
Chettyar international
Different types can be found in school, Chennai
different regions of India, with
regional variations and adaptations.

BASKETS AND SLINGS POMP OF PALANROHAN

In the rugged hills of India, mothers The first time a baby is made to
walking up and down carry their sleep on the cradle in the south is
babies in baskets made of cane that in a ceremony known as Uyyalalo
hang from a rope. Mothers carry Veyadam. It is also known as
their babies on their backs too with Punya Dhnam or Palanrohan
a cloth tied into a sling knot across which is performed 16
their shoulders. days after birth. The cradle
is decorated with a silk
cloth along with other
decorations.
Tanya Chauhan, Xii C, Jaypee
Public school, wishtown, Noida; Illustration by: Tanya Chauhan,
Khushi saini, iX a, army Public school, XII C, Jaypee Public Schoo,
ambala Cantt. Wishtown, Noida

ACTIVITY: MY CRADLE
Do you have a photograph of your first cradle? Find out what
material it was made of. Is it a family cradle that has been passed
down through the generations? Can you recognise the toys that
were put on it?

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