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HEALTH-KENYA: Attempts to Modernise Traditional Circumcision Rites
   

Monday, 08.23.2010, 03:39pm (GMT)

During every year that ends in an even number, the month of August is a special occasion for young men in Kenya's Western Province. During this month thousands of boys aged between 10 and 18 undergo male circumcision–something that is seen as an important rite of passage into manhood among their communities. But it is also a time were nearly half the young men circumcised will have to fight for their lives.
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