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Kenya: Villagers Go On a Female Circumcision 'Frenzy'

Tradition has triumphed over law as hundreds of girls, some as young as eight years old, faced the knife in a procedure that is internationally loathed and outlawed.
Tom Otieno/ Daily Nation

Kenyan girls are congratulated and decorated after undergoing the rites of initiation called Esaro as friends and relatives join in the celebrations.

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