Banar babies saved from being buried aliveSix-year-old Dinh Nay Thuong is living happily with her 58-year-old adopted mother in the Chu Se District in the central highlands province of Gia Lai. The adopted mother named the baby Thuong which means Love with the hope that she would receive more love from life when growing up. More Banar babies rescued from old customThuong is one of some lucky Banar babies in Tung Ke Village saved by people with new ways of thinking who are trying to fight against their depraved customs. Besides Phuoc, Long and his wife have saved two other babies from being buried alive with their dead mothers. "According to Banar custom, if a woman died, her breast-fed baby must be buried with her so that she could continue to raise it.