Posted on 07/07/2013 11:01:19 AM PDT by csvset
AFP - Botched circumcisions killed 30 young men and landed almost 300 more in hospital during traditional initiation rites in a South African province, the health department said Sunday.
The 30 deaths in rural Eastern Cape province occurred during the annual season when young males undergo a rite of passage into manhood.
Ten other youths were hospitalised after being rescued from a forest on Sunday, said provincial health department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo in a statement.
"The ten initiates' private parts are rotten. They are badly damaged. Their condition is scary," he said.
A further 293 young men were undergoing hospital treatment for dehydration, gangrene and septic wounds, Kupelo added.
Some had lost their genitals.
Teenagers from ethnic Xhosa, Sotho and Ndebele groups typically spend around a month in secluded bush or mountains areas for their initiation to manhood.
This includes a circumcision as well as lessons on masculine courage and discipline.
Traditional surgeons perform the procedure in the bush, sometimes with unsterilised instruments or lacking in technique.
Botched circumcisions leading to penis amputations and deaths are an annual tragedy.
In May around 34 deaths in two other provinces were reported.
The ruling African National Congress said Sunday it was "distressed" over the latest deaths.
It called for basic medical training of the traditional surgeons to render "an entrenched and necessary part of our cultural fabric" safer.
In the bedroom,
The quiet bedroom,
The Bobbitt sleeps tonight.
In the kitchen,
The downstairs kitchen,
Lorena grabs a knife.
A weenie whack,
A weenie whack...
http://www.index-of-mp3s.com/download/lagu/c1c6c961/john-boy-and-billy-the-bobbit-song-weenie-whack/
One stop shopping right there. If he can’t do it, he knows someone.
No doubt. I’d ask for references. Anyone that was missing his junk would be a sure sign of a no go.
What, no barbering?
“If Obama had a foreskin...”
[yeah, it’ll get pulled but it was worth it]
;D
Isn’t “ bris” a four letter word???
seriously, I went to one and even the Atheist in the room was praying “ don’t slip, don’t slip”
That's painful just to read!
That's a "NO members" only club, I think ... :-)
::snicker::
Reggie??? Iz that you?
Yeah, but he gets to keep the tips anyways.
aaagh
In California they just chew them off... right ..? I guess I shouldn't have said that.........
"the first cut is the deepest"
CC
At least it’s good to see South Africans giving up necklacing for turtlenecking.
Female genital mutilation is matched by botched circumcisions. Man’s inhumanity to man...
I’ve attended a couple of bris ceremonies (Jewish nephews), and the mohel was professional with sterilized equipment.
Speaking of bad jokes...
A mohel retired after many years, having carefully preserved and saved all the “cuttings” from his profession. He took them to a leather goods specialty shop, and asked the leather man if he could make something of them. “I’ll try”, he replied. “Come back day after tomorrow.”
When he returned the leather man presented him with a fine wallet. “Only a wallet, with all those skins?”, he asked. “Ah,” said the leather man, “Just rub it; it turns into a suitcase!”
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