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After lunch, Shadrack, accompanied by a retinue of relatives and friends, pays a ritual visit to his maternal uncle.
His uncle gives him a solid slap in the face, calling him a snotty boy who is not ready to become a real man,
and then...
gives him a cow.
A teenager is preparing for the siklebo ceremony, a circumcision ceremony among the Bukusu tribe.
But Shadrack doesn't look scared.
When he returns to his father's house, he hits the chiniimba-as the local dialect calls a bracelet with bells – again and starts dancing.





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