circumcision
Circumcision is the honorable indignity of removing part of the body in the name of sanctity and hygiene. This act, etching the mark of intergenerational faith onto a newborn’s innocence, orchestrates a bizarre duet of pain and blessing. Strangely, personal suffering is lauded as a means to strengthen communal bonds. As medical care and ancient ritual collide, participants savor the aesthetics of their own contradictions.