Andy Stumpf
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So he says he had to crawl mostly naked through a tunnel of African stinging nettles.
Then he was beaten on the bony parts of his ankle.
Then his knuckles were squeezed together.
And then the formic acid from the stinging nettle was wiped onto his genitals.
But that was all just a warm-up.
Early one morning, he was circumcised with a sharp stick.
During this whole process, the crawling, the beatings, and the cuttings, try to say that guy's name.
Kip go guy, Kip gogi, was obliged, sounds like a Korean dish, was obliged to be absolutely stoical, unflinching.
Indeed, in some of the versions of the ceremony, mud is caked on the face and then mud is allowed to dry.
If a crack appears in the mud, your cheek may twitch, your forehead may crinkle.
You get labeled a kebitet, a coward.
You get labeled a coward if your cheek crinkles.
and stigmatized by the whole community.