Restricted hygiene practices
These results have demonstrated that rigid adherence to the
prohibition of washing and bathing was difficult to maintain
and contradicts contemporary healthcare approaches and
notions of comfort. Contemporary facilities maintain a comfortable
environment for new mothers, indicating that doing
the month at the PNC is integrated with contemporary scientific
knowledge and awareness of comfort. These results
are consistent with the findings of previous studies (Chen,
2011; Holroyd et al., 2011; Liu et al., 2012) which demonstrated
that interpretations of the ritual are flexible and that
its practice now incorporates contemporary knowledge.
Traditional doing the month hygiene practices have been challenged
and modified according to contemporary scientific
knowledge, which has affected restrictions of hygiene
practices.