In Kenya, female circumcision traditions run deep


A Pokot girl, covered in animal skins, walks to a place where she will rest after being circumcised in a tribal ritual in a village about 80km from the town of Marigat in Baringo County, Kenya.

Though it’s been outlawed, local beliefs surrounding female circumcision means that female circumcision still prevails in rural Kenya.

Draped in animal skins and covered in white paint, four teenage girls squat over large stones in a remote western Kenyan village after being circumcised – a life-threatening custom banned in the country three years ago.

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