Sudan - Al-Fashir - Boys' circumcision ceremony
Young boys between the ages of 8 and 13 gather under the shade of a brightly-coloured canopy in the compound of the Governor of the war-torn region of north Darfur, Sudan. Dressed in white gowns and wearing red bandanas, they will soon celebrate a Sudanese rite of passage, the male circumcision. Only when they have recited the entire Qur'an [Koran] once through will they generally endure this traditional practice.
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![Young boys between the ages of 8 and 13 gather under the shade of a brightly-coloured canopy in the compound of the Governor of the war-torn region of north Darfur, Sudan. Dressed in white gowns and wearing red bandanas, they will soon celebrate a Sudanese rite of passage, the male circumcision. Only when they have recited the entire Qur'an [Koran] once through will they generally endure this traditional practice.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000iGfaiJvVl7U/fit=1000x750/sudan109-23-05-2009-1.jpg)
