‘Circumcision season’ underway after delays

Easy does it: Boys undergoing a mass circumcision at a covered court in Silang town, Cavite province. — AFP

FOR more than a year, Caspien Gruta has been teased because his circumcision – a rite of passage for boys in the Philippines – was delayed, first by a volcanic eruption and then the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I worry if I don’t get circumcised now, I will be shamed,” said Gruta, 12.