In August, about 5,000 boys in western Kenya were rounded up, brought into the forest and ritually circumcised. They're members of the Bukusu tribe, and they were marking the transition from boyhood ...

Growing into a man means different things throughout the world and we bring you a list of the most brutal/ painful rites of passage In order for the boys of the Unambal tribe to be called real men, ...

Cultures around the world still honor ancient traditional practices of body modification, or the intentional and often irreversible alteration of the skin. For many practitioners, body modifications ...

Tribal elders now receive training for safer procedures. But last month, at a 3 a.m. ceremony in the forest, an elder from the Bukusu tribe... In August, about 5,000 boys in western Kenya were rounded ...