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A person who removes the skin at the end of a boy’s or man’s penis for religious or medical reasons

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  • Along with being a nurse, Mr. Wanjala is also a ritual circumciser.
  • But, she didn't realize that moils, the official circumciser, that's all they do.
  • "It is our culture and we should be allowed to continue it," circumciser Mamy Vandi said.
  • There, the night nurse called on a local ritual circumciser -- not a doctor -- to help her stop the bleeding.
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