I'm a nurse in Pediatrics & I've noticed that alot of the Indian pts.?

Question: I'm a nurse in Pediatrics and I've noticed that alot of the Indian patients put a black string around their son's stomachs.I was just wondering why? What is the tradition?

Answers:
may be its some ornement?

Other Answers:
Unless you mean Native American, I don't know why they do that. I'm Indian, and I've never heard of that.

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