First Published Sep 17, 2021, 1:44 PM IST
In the Philippines, it’s time for boys’ choreography. The boys there are in a hurry to cut the skin of the penis. They say it is a shame not to do cholakarma on time. Because of Kovid, so far there have been bans on cholera. With it moving recently, parents with boys are rushing to hospitals. Chelakarma is performed here not as a part of religion but as a part of social rituals.
“Corona work.” This is how teenagers in the Philippines now describe their “shame” to others. The subject is cholera. It is customary for boys to have their genitals cut off within a specified time.
In the Philippines that age is eight. If not done on time, it will be reduced. Friends and locals will make fun of him. According to an AFP report from the Philippines, Kovid is now recovering from a stroke.
The Philippines has one of the highest rates of cholera in the world. Boys’ circumcision is a compulsory practice in Islam, Judaism, and some tribes in Africa.
But in the Philippines, the AFP report says it is social, not religious. According to UN data, 90 per cent of cholera activities here are non-religious.
In the Philippines it is a social issue. There is reason to be ridiculed for saying that the choreography was not done on time. So, the male pillar would have done it at any cost.
The Cholakarma season here is usually from April to June. It is time for schools to close. However, the last time there was no cholera during April-June.
It was because of Kovid that the government imposed a ban on cholera. Many of the boys who had planned to do this this season were unable to do so. They say it can be embarrassing among friends.
The AFP report begins with one of them, Caspian Gruta, a 12-year-old who recently had an experience with cholera. Paynes says he has been the subject of constant ridicule over the past year.
Thus, after the government relaxed the Kovid ban, he sought the opportunity to do so this season. “They don’t make fun of me anymore, I did choreography,” he says.
The Caspian Gruto operation took place at a government-run clinic in Selangor, south of Manila. After the ban was lifted in May, the riots continued.
Private hospitals will have to pay a good amount to do the choreography. Therefore, ordinary children rely on government hospitals for this. Kovid recently lifted the ban and resumed cholera in government hospitals.
Caspian Gruto sits in the red curtain of the hospital wearing a mask and face shield. You should take off your underwear and spread your legs on both sides and lie on the table here. Half cover with a cloth.
Local anesthesia will be given first. Later, the skin on the upper part of the penis is peeled off and that part of the skin is removed. Thus his choreography is completed in 20 minutes.
According to Filipino culture, only Filipino men are circumcised. The call of those who do not commit adultery is abusive there. People there see cholakarma as a sign of oath.
According to Pofa of the Department of Anthropology at the University of the Philippines, cholera is seen here as opening the door to masculinity. Comment by Nestor Castro. Listen to him say:
“It’s a sign that you’re changing from a boy to a big man. With that, the boys become more responsible. Becoming knowledgeable about things, including sex. ” His words.
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