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Rite of Passage: Thousands of Maragoli boys pass out at cultural festival

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Some of the boys who attended the rite of passage ceremony at Mbale Municipality Grounds. [Brian Kisanji, Standard]

It is pomp and color as thousands of initiates congregate at Mbale town in Vihiga county for their circumcision rite of passage ceremony.

Dressed in new white shirts and black trousers the new men in town are carrying their traditional sticks (mdondo) to signify their newfound status in society.

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