Preteen Filippino boys queued in their hundreds for a daylong 'circumcision party', which officials hope will earn their city a place in the record books.
Some boys cried in their mothers' arms while others bit their shirts to stifle sobs as doctors carried out the surgery on dozens of makeshift operating tables in a stadium in Marikina city, east of Manila
Outside, other boys lined up to await their turn.
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In the Philippines
Young Filippino boys are traditionally circumcised during their school summer break from March to May.
“I'm a big boy now,” bragged one boy who had just finished the surgery.
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Officials said the event - touted in local press as a 'circumcision party' - aimed to promote safe circumcision.
They offered poor residents free surgery that would otherwise cost at least $40 (£25) in private hospitals.
In rural areas, the surgery is sometimes performed by non-doctors using crude methods.
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The vice mayor, Jose Fabian Cadiz, said: 'We applied for the Guinness Book of World Records and we are recording everything so we can send all the data to them and hopefully it will be recognized.'
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3 comments:
if i end up being banged up in 1 of her majesties prisons one day, Im going to claim to be a jew to the prison doctor and get all koshe food flown in, OH damn cant, havent got the CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE to prove it to the doc, still never mind at least you philipinos have now
Would you like to be circumcised, cos its no skin off my nose mate
With this recession the governments makeing enough cuts as it is, without you doing it to your your own kids
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