video1.0<iframe src="https://www.loom.com/embed/4eb230a27d4f4cceaac7d966eb9d261b" frameborder="0" width="1724" height="1293" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>12931724Loomhttps://www.loom.com12931724https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/4eb230a27d4f4cceaac7d966eb9d261b-d5f8d989847a502f.gif909.761In my clan, circumcision is the initiation that makes a boy a man, and my group identified as elquirioro. I was circumcised when I was about 13, with Nagoliong and Lamachuram, and our ceremony involved months of preparation with songs, gum-tipped arrows, soft white rope, and pure white or black goats. During the operation I could not move or blink, and I had 7 or 8 cuts before healing began with no medicine or painkiller. Afterward I had to hunt birds with blunt arrows, then the Lmangit feast recognized us as men. I did not ask you to take any action, but I wanted you to understand what it means to conquer the knife.