In India, babies and newborn infants will usually have their eye adorned with kajal, or eyeliner. This would be black, as it is believed in India that black wards off the evil eye or any evil auras. The umbilical cord of babies is often preserved and cast into a metal pendant, and tied to a black string — babies can wear this as a chain, bracelet or belt — the belief, once more, is that this protects the infant from "drishti". This is a practice that has been followed right from historical times. People usually remove "drishti" on full-moon or new-moon days, since these days are considered to be auspicious in India.