He also sprinkles tesvino on the head and other vital parts of the body to make them strong, and cures the umbilical cord.

He may, too, anoint the child with the fat of the rattlesnake mixed with herbs, and leave it in the sun, that the light may enter its heart.

For his services the shaman gets a little maize, beans, salt, etc.
On the fourth day the mother goes down to the river to bathe, and while bathing leaves the little one naked, exposed to the sun for at least an hour, in spite of all its wailings, that Father Sun may see and know his new child.

The baby is not washed until it is a year old.

Then it is cured again, by the shaman, who on various occasions throughout its life repeats his curing, that the child may grow well and that no sickness or bad accidents may befall it.