Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen The Circumcision Master

If you have an extraordinary interest in the continent of Africa, and you happen to have read a few studies on the customs of primitive African tribes, you must know what circumcision is. Prayer for rain, coming-of-age ceremony, wedding, funeral, and good harvest. From these five ceremonies, we can get a glimpse of a nation's worldview. Africa, which is number one in land, naturally needs to be investigated carefully, and I will also give you a simple and easy-to-understand anthropology lesson. The rain praying ceremony expresses the relationship between man and nature, and what kind of communication method is used to fulfill each other's expectations. From the composition of the ceremony, we can know a nation's imagination of gods.

I mentioned this part earlier, not having a cold and fever after the heavy rain is worth drinking a glass of celebration. Then came the bar mitzvah. The content of the coming-of-age ceremony is varied. We usually have a stereotype that the coming-of-age ceremony is for men, but in fact some of the rites of passage are only for women. After all, the physiological characteristics of female puberty are obvious and unambiguous, which is menstruation. Regarding menstruation, some Indians regard it as being possessed by evil spirits, and insist that girls who have menarche live alone in the mountains for two or three years, cleanse themselves, and wrap the soles of their feet and palms with thick sackcloth to prevent them from getting dirty. The land is a disaster for everyone; but in the eyes of another group of Indians in different regions, girls who have first menstruated have magical powers of healing, and the priests have to admire them in the moonlight.

But menstruation is menstruation, and any attempt at cultural explanations of menstruation will not change the fact that menstruation is a cloud of blood.These explanations can be called "social explanations", and the way of social explanations highlights the imagination and cultural development basis of certain races. The time of the coming-of-age ceremony has no definite meaning in truth. In Taiwan, once you turn eighteen, the government will recognize you as a brave man, allowing you to take the driver's license test, and you can also apply for a cash card to swipe your parents until they are angry. But if you kill someone, you can't go to the juvenile court for discipline, you have to be shot, so most Taiwanese who are over the age of 18 have become cowards.

As for some primitive tribes that can't stop fighting with other tribes, the tribe has to carefully examine his fighting ability to determine whether a person is qualified to be called an adult.So the tribe whipped him, asked him to carry stones on foot, confront wild beasts, or simply cut off his fingers and hung them around his neck to inspire a sense of honor. A first-rate murderer. Some primitive tribes are more friendly, or their culture does not focus on war. Their qualification for adulthood depends on whether he can complete a sacrificial dance or catch a certain amount of white hairtail within a certain period of time.

Is it easier?If this tribe happens to be born next to the tribe in the previous paragraph, it will suffer within a few months. But we can know that in such peaceful tribes, the age to recognize a person as an adult is of course earlier than in combative tribes, because it is always easier to learn to dance than to learn to kill. So we know that the definition of "maturity" is not biological, but "social". Probably the most common form of rite of passage in Africa is circumcision. The circumcision ceremony shows how a person makes a decisive division of his own growth stage, so decisive that he must cut off a part of the body to count. Therefore, it is very particular. After all, praying for rain will not hurt, weddings will not hurt, and funerals will not It hurts, but circumcision is very painful!

For girls, circumcision is to cut off the external clitoris of the sex organ. Fortunately, not all African tribes practice this ritual.This cruel circumcision is said to deprive women of their chances of masturbating to climax, so it should be a collective conspiracy under the power of men. The process of cutting the clitoris is also particularly shocking. In recent years, many feminists have vigorously called on African tribes to abolish this ritual, and even asked African governments to legislate to ban it. It should be so, it hurts just to hear it. Circumcision is much simpler for boys, which is circumcision.

The Jews will use scissors to cut off the baby's foreskin as soon as the baby is born, which symbolizes the uncleanness of cutting. Due to the large number of races of Africans, there are many people, and there are different opinions on the time of circumcision. Some people think that they are considered adults when they are circumcised at the age of ten, and some think that they are considered a good man when they are circumcised at the age of fifteen. Circumcision on the day of the wedding is king (the wedding night must have been painful!). These are also social explanations. It’s not just about the timing of the circumcision, everyone’s opinion on how to circumcise to show the heroism of the victim is yours, and I’ll do mine. Some people want a red machete, and some borrow scissors from Westerners. , some insisted on using knives ground from the skulls of their ancestors, while others were very careless about using gravel from the banquet campfire.

After the jousting show, Jim shook banana leaves with me to enjoy the shade under the tree. "Are you circumcised?" I asked Jim, who nodded. "Cut three months ago." Jim shyly said. "Does it hurt?" I asked, nonsense. "Indeed." Jim's expression was actually a little scared. "Haha, but you are already seventeen years old, isn't it too late to have a coming-of-age ceremony at this age?" I asked, as far as I know, circumcision at this age is quite late in Africa. "I can't help it, because my father's surname is Atuqi, and the elf in charge of Atuqi's surname is Teguchila, son of the west wind, so I can only cut off the foreskin after the owl sits on the beam of my house overnight." Jim said. The past is unbearable.

"So that's why the owl only reported to your house three months ago?" I nodded. Jim's tribe's definition of maturity is really lazy, and it's actually divination. If the owl waits until Jim is seventy years old to fly to the beam of his house, won't Jim cut off his wrinkled foreskin then? "Isn't it? I'd be better off being circumcised if he came to report before my dad dies." Jim sighed, frustrated. He looked into the distance, but it didn't look like he was thinking about his dead father. "Huh?" I didn't understand, just waiting for Jim to finish.

"According to the regulations, my foreskin was cut by my father, but after my father passed away, I had to do it myself, which is really annoying." Jim sighed. My eyes widen, it's really disturbing.Isn't that the same as Sabai Kyoko in "Different Dreams"? "Can't others do it for you? Do you have to do it yourself?" My eyeballs almost rolled out. "Isn't it? Although I know you look down on us for doing everything according to the rules, but the rules are the rules, and I think you have your own rules. Anyway, on the day of circumcision, I asked my younger brother to help me stretch the foreskin vigorously, Then put a layer of ointment on it to relieve the pain, but I was afraid, so I took an anesthetic first, and then cut it with a knife." Jim said, he simply opened his pants, and let me see his body as a man cost.

Jim said that he didn't use all his strength for the first cut, because he was timid and his vision was blurred after taking anesthesia. He was afraid that a mistake would chop off the whole bird, so he couldn't completely cut off the foreskin.What to do? This kind of thing is probably the top ten things in life that you can't give up halfway. Jim had no choice but to make persistent efforts to swing the second knife, and then split the other end of the foreskin obliquely. So Jim's little bird glans looks a bit weird in shape. "That's brave, I mean it." I flick Jim's cock head lightly in respect. Jim probably thought that flicking the glans was an international etiquette, but he flinched a little and didn't resist. "What about you? You should have had it cut? Was it your doctor? Or your parents?" Jim asked me. I shook my head lightly. I am insensitive to circumcision. Ever since I saw "the foreskin can be used as a skin repair for oral cancer" in the medical news in the newspaper, I realized that if one day you get oral cancer, a large piece of skin in the throat will be lost. At this time, you must Cut a piece from your butt or inner thigh (the white area with little or no hair, that is, the non-keratinized part), and sew it into the throat for treatment. The foreskin also happens to be non-keratinized skin, which is very precious. Apart from helping the owner hide dirt and evil practices, it also has the special function of being sewn in the throat. Although I don't have the item "When I am XX years old, I am determined to get oral cancer" in my life plan, but in case I unfortunately win the bid, I will keep my skin for a thousand days and sew it for a while, so the foreskin will come in handy.Who is willing to ask others for a foreskin to sew in his own mouth?In case you are using a foreskin donated by your friend Dayi, every time you meet, your friend will pat you on the shoulder and ask you to open your mouth, saying: "Nine knives! Open your mouth! I want to see how my foreskin is in it Okay!" Don't you want to die? "That's why my foreskin is so good that I have to keep it." I explain, and Jim looks at me half-understanding. Then I thought of Jim's younger brothers. I told Jim that one night when a mischievous owl flew over the beam of their house, his little brothers would have to cut off their foreskins by themselves. All of them are little heroes, please pay my respects to them. "You misunderstood, the owl is aimed at me, the eldest son of the family. The second son is represented by other animals with different ranks, like my eight-year-old brother, who was circumcised himself last year. The first members to be men, because five pot cows appeared on the door panel at the same time, that's the sign," Jim said. I can't even imagine how a seven-year-old boy cut off his foreskin. The scene must have been crying, it was amazing. Jim's father who died early, you are really harmful! "Do you want to see circumcision?" Jim asked me suddenly. "Is there anything to see?" I suddenly looked up. "Many tourists like to watch it, and researchers like to watch it even more, so it's not difficult to find out. But if you charge money, you have to pay extra for taking pictures." Jim put his words up front, lest I feel like I was cheated when I paid. But am I this mean person?It is only natural to charge some money for such a painful ceremony! "How much?" I asked, planning to do just that. "It's like praying for rain," Jim said. What a nation that is bad at math. There is only one foreskin, but the rain can be prayed for many times, and it will never end. "Okay, I will give more." I said. Then Jim asked his cousin (the green warrior with the shield) to ask in this village with his personal connections to see if there is any circumcision that will be held today or in the near future, and specifically stated that someone is willing to pay to watch it . My cousin nodded and said happily that I was his friend, and he would definitely help me find someone who was willing to be circumcised. I quickly waved my hand and said that I only want to see someone who happens to be circumcised, but don’t be so circumcised just because I am willing to spend money. Deliberately find an unlucky ghost who hasn't had time to harvest, otherwise I will feel very guilty. My cousin said he understood, told me to rest assured, and ran away.But I think he still doesn't understand. that's it. An hour later, I was standing in front of an outdated phimosis, holding large scissors in astonishment...