The 1000 Day Holiday

Met a crazy Yank missionary when we were on safari.

It seems that missionaries are crazy, religious or both in this case

She was trying to educate the Masai tribe she was living with not to perform female genital mutilation.

However while she was there, there was a coming of age ritual for 2 boys who were 14 years old.

500 tribes people turned up for the ceremony which involves them getting circumcised without any pain killer. It takes around 10 minutes. And if they flinch or move at all during the process they are not considered a man. And will be made fun of for ages.

Apparently one of them did so well that he was given 4 goats, a sign of being a great man. they then spend three weeks in bed, basically unable to walk.

and the missionary lady was saying. It was a beautiful ritual. BUH!