Children of the Corn
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
Ritual circumcision is a long-held tradition in Kupang. New methods are adopted to keep up with the times.
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THE sun has just risen on the distant horizon, as four men stealthily enter the cornfield. Copper tints slowly spread over Nekbaun village, a small village just outside Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara, casting a soft rosy light on rows of corn plants ripening, with reddening threadlike cornsilk dangling from the tips of the cobs.
There's a magical air of quiet as the men prepare for the rite of circumcision—an ancient tradition of the A
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