Alexandra Sangadzhieva, How to Determine the Gender of an Unborn Child
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Kalmyks kill a sheep, and take from inside it a gullet-like intestine outgrowth named ul’trkha in Kalmyk in order to determine the gender of an unborn child. This outgrowth is cut open. If its inside wall has swellings, this means that the child will be a boy. If not, a girl.
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Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge
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Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin