"to be circumcised.

Accepting our rituals means all their males must be circumcised.

-- That means you have to be circumcised? -- No.

-- That means you have to be circumcised? -- No.

- He will not be circumcised! - He must be! - No, no.

That a child must be circumcised on the eighth day of his life.

Every man-child among you shall be circumcised... ...as a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

Our men shall be circumcised... ...and we shall be united in peace... ...a new and strong people.

Perhaps these were the reasons why, as a girl of 13, Ilonged to be “circumcised” and become a “real woman.”

In West Timor, during the male circumcision ceremony, the young man being circumcised must then have sex with virgin girls chosen for the occasion.