A circumciser displays a surgical blade and gloves he will use for initiation in South Maragoli on August 3, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Parents of circumcision initiates listen keenly to instructions on preparing their boys ahead of the ceremony that was held on August 5, 2016 in Maragoli, Vihiga county. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Parents of circumcision initiates listen keenly to instructions on preparing their boys ahead of the ceremony that was held on August 5, 2016 in Maragoli, Vihiga county. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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A Maragoli traditional circumciser (Umkevi) Kennedy Matafali arrives in Chadungunyi, South Maragoli Vihiga County in preparation for the circumcision (kekevo) rite on August 5, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Umkevi (circumciser) Kennedy Matafali's arrival in Chadungunyi, South Maragoli Vihiga County on August 5, 2016 ahead of kekevo (circumcision) ceremony. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Boniface Akumu restrains an initiate from shaking during the Maragoli circumcision in Chandugunyi, Vihiga County on August 5, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Villagers of Masana, South Maragoli sing and dance ahead of the cut on August 3, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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A traditional circumciser with his team and villagers on August 3, 2016 on their way to the forest where initiates will face the cut in Masana, South Maragoli. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The medicine and blades that will be used during circumcision in South Maragoli on display during an sensitisation forum on August 3, 2013.PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Villagers from Chadungunyi, South Maragoli Vihiga County sing and dance traditional songs as they prepare for their boys' circumcision on August 5, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Villagers from Chadungunyi, South Maragoli Vihiga County dance and sing circumcision songs on August 5, 2016 in preparation for the rite — kekevo. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Elders discuss during the Maragoli circumcision ceremony in Chandugunyi, Vihiga County on August 5, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Boniface Akumu restrains an initiate from shaking as the boy was being circumcised on August 5, 2016 Chandugunyi, Vihiga County on August 5, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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An elated elder talks on phone during the Maragoli circumcision in Chandugunyi, Vihiga County on August 5, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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A boy is held by elders as he undergoes circumcision on August 5, 2016 in Chandungunyi, Vihiga County on August 5, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATON MEDIA GROUP
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Umkevi (circumciser) Kennedy Matafali arrives in Chadungunyi, South Maragoli Vihiga County on August 5, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Itumbi the house of the circumcision initiates being prepared in South Maragoli, Vihiga County on August 5, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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A proud father with his son after the boy underwent the cut during the Maragoli circumcision rite on August 5, 2016 in Chandugunyi, Vihiga County. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Mothers celebrate outside a home of an elder near a forest where their children were being circumcised on August 5, 2016. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Maragoli circumcision initiates (Avakevwo) listen to the circumciser (Umkevi) Kennedy Matafali in Chadungunyi, South Maragoli Vihiga County on August 5, 2016 before they underwent the cut. PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | NATION MEDIA GROUP