Museum of Vojvodina joins Battle for Babies

Source: B92

NOVI SAD -- Novi Sad-based Museum of Vojvodina has joined B92 Fund’s Battle for the Babies campaign as a part of the Night of Museums manifestation.

(B92)
(B92)

The Night of Museums was held in towns across Serbia on Saturday night. The manifestation was held in 40 locations in Novi Sad, including the Museum of Vojvodina.

Visitors could buy small pots with wheat and barley seeds that ancient Egyptians used as pregnancy tests.

“A woman should urinate in it at least once every day for two weeks and if anything grows out, she is 100 percent pregnant. If barley grows first, it means she is carrying a boy and if wheat grows first the baby will be a girl,” the Museum of Vojvodina’s volunteer Ivan Tadić explained the ancient Egyptian custom.

The money collected from the sale of the pots is intended for the Battle for the Babies campaign.

The Museum of Vojvodina Spokeswoman Slađana Velendečić said that the museum “wanted to spread the word about the campaign, help the cause and test the ancient Egyptians’ customs”.