The Traditional Practice Of Circumcision In The Xhosa Community (2000)

To Become A Man (2000): The time-honoured ritual of male circumcision for Xhosa boys is in crisis in the Eastern Cape after a series of devastating mishaps.
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At a wild initiation ceremony the Ingcibi, a traditional surgeon, explains the Xhosa way of circumcision. "You slice with the sharp tip of the spear." This particular surgeon is well respected, but there are others who are not so skilled. Their boys end up in the local hospital. In one clinic, 36 boys recuperate from serious circumcision injuries. One is critically ill from his wounds. It is not uncommon here for boys to lose their whole penis. Recently one young initiate who suffered such a fate committed suicide. Such tragedies have inspired a push for reform. The Health Department is campaigning for specialist training schools and for new surgical equipment. Yet resistance to change is acute. There is no community respect for families who seek doctors to circumcise their boys with anaesthetic. "He's not a man. You just tell him you've never been to the bush and endured the pain. A real man can take the pain."
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[@30keyc47]

i really love this documentary. i am in my final year in University of Ghana reading sociology. We had a whole article to read and learn about the Xhosa circumcision tradition and customs and this documentary is nothing but Perfection, i love this masterpiece and the energy put into this work. Im sharing this video to my colleauges ASAP. This is very informative.

[@southafricanbrawler1070]

Just because you made it out alive does not mean everyone will

[@eathh_23]

So

[@gunner4life568]

​@@eathh_23it is backwards culture maybe hire a real doctor who can perform the circumcision not just any person who might kill you kid

[@reatilemaphela5366]

This documentary really hurt my feelings only a person who gave birth will understand what these boys are going through meaning unonzala

[@jx14aby]

Tell me about "dropping the pot."

[@siba1214]

i am not a person who comments on social media but this one noko iphambene lento yenziwe ngulomfo.he is a seller. indoda ayiyenzi lento.eyasendle iphelela endle full stop.ngunofotyie lo.

[@nxuba4739]

Siba true bro...besisayelani ke nyani endle xa ezizidenge ziphinde ziyi publishe kanje hayi siyanyeleka

[@readthisnotthat1980]

I'm pedi and we do go to initiation too but this is bullshit.....his not a trustworthy man this person nxn.

[@gunner4life568]

​@@readthisnotthat1980the difference between us pedi and Xhosa people is we are allowed to go to the doctor while Xhosa they don't hence why every year they kill their boys

[@lukhanyokiva5621]

Ladies and gentlemen. I do not think that we will ever solve this problem by attacking the messenger. For the record, personally know Mr Mayenzeke Baza and I can confirm that he is a Xhosa man. Although I recognize that there is a problem, I do not what I would suggest at this stage is that we get to see the entire film and there after establish a platform where we can deliberate on this issue. Hopefully we can find a meaningful and lasting solution.

[@Simdopness]

It's crucial to understand the impact of revealing confidential cultural practices. When you share such information, you undermine the trust and respect that cultures deserve. These practices often carry deep spiritual or communal significance, and their exposure can cause harm, disrespect, or misunderstanding. It's important to acknowledge the breach of trust and commit to learning about cultural sensitivity and privacy. Building awareness and sensitivity helps us uphold the integrity and dignity of diverse cultural traditions, fostering a more respectful and inclusive world for everyone involved.

[@mogamatyusufmartin9171]

Some good SA related documentaries they have hey nice man 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿✅💯🇿🇦

[@slee384]

Yinkwenkwe kwale yenza le documentary

[@MarjorieNardini]

A wonderful doc with major sound issues. I was either forced to read lips because of voice delay or resort to CC ( never makes much sense either ) when voices were barely a whisper. Trying to hear, rewinding scenes multiple times in vain It's upsetting as this is a fascinating, emotional topic in a film that's hard work to watch. Hoping to find a new upload of this soon...

[@1A_B_C1]

Cause its filmed in 2000.

[@ThePoacherz]

Female genital mutilation comes from the same place! If these women fought the men on this issue, and invoked the Punt custom! Then the men would ask " why not bake bread" !

[@eathh_23]

What does bread have to do with this, I'm genuinely confused

[@yominutes9902]

Caba imali inqongophele lento nide nibhentsise isiko lethu ezizweni oluhlobo, nixelela bani nifundisa bani ngobudoda bethu. Wafa umzi kaPhalo umzi Karharhabe umzi kaNgqika sijongile. Sukani kulonto niyenzayo. Lukhanyo Kiva i platform yethu isebuhlanti hayi e Thivini okanye ko KZbin sincedeni madoda.

[@thembalethutshem2645]

Bathengise ngalo, limnkile ngoku, laziwa zizizwe, kwalanja yengcibi ngubhonyongo omkhulu.

[@vusumzimacamba8323]

yikaka le yava yikaka kaka ...ukungayi esikolweni sengqondo kunje....amaXhosa with a Lost world......ndiyayenysnya le ...amadoda alawulwa ngabafazi...bcz i believe ukuba if uzimele ngelungelo likaRhulumente...uphantsi kolawulo lasebugqwirheni...yerrr amadoda amadala obhuti nootata benza into engazange yenziwe kubo bafuna nje ukuba famous kuthethuba ibingekho enye into ebebenoyenza nje🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@anathinqwiliso8395]

arghh. No man..what are you guys doing..💔🤦

[@neliswatutu3428]

This is a nonsense how can you take a video if you want to solve a problem like this

[@SUPERMANMODES]

Does a person choose if he wants to go or is it a must and also can anyone choose to go in order to become a man

[@bashekassim]

Culture and traditions is not meant to be retrogressive its supposed to be dynamic and progressive not rigid but flexible educative and adoptable and open to new ideas! I say change or change will change you!

[@alternativehabbit194]

I’m glad your opinion mean nothing

[@chuckscott4661]

@Habbit. Circumcision rates are dropping. Stop abusing children!

[@eathh_23]

Stfu and let's us continue with our culture kwekwe ndini

[@chuckscott4661]

@donald. Child abuse is not a buzzword. And neither is misandtry.

[@mvuicmvura883]

What's the purpose of this documentary ? 😠😠msunwakho zukile mangcuka kwedin

[@vusumzimacamba8323]

ulawulwa ehlathini lo...wathwetyulwa kudala inoba nomkakhe umpha kamandi.. ubevinjwa kalok ...

[@nkateethevocalist7892]

I don’t understand why people are angry about this Documentary 😂😂😂😂 you guys are mad! People are dying and still you wanted this to be kept a secret

[@luthandooupa5108]

you should keep quiet when you dont fully understand something

[@eathh_23]

Voetsek kwekwe

[@sazibaka-jd7om]

uthetha umqundu kwedini, sometimes you should just keep quiet if dont understand

[@nkateethevocalist7892]

@@eathh_23 ftsek nawe 😒😒 o nahana wa ntshosa wena😏😏

[@nkateethevocalist7892]

@@sazibaka-jd7om lwena uthetha umqundu swaar 🙄🙄🙄 batho ba shwa everyday but o batla taba eo e felle fela?! We as healthcare workers we feel pain when people die so don’t you dare insult me! You can take your kids if you want but if they die, their death will be on you😎😎

[@sivuyilecrosbypina1493]

Yikaka le Documentary andiyaz uba yinton i use yobukho bayo

[@Nawal_SA]

Im a female Xhosa Ulwaluko yimfihlo nathi mabhinqa asiyazi and asifuni kuyazi , sithanda ukungayaz ....im sure this documentary was made by iGweje, there's no Xhosa man can do this, this is disappointing 🤮

[@siyabongamphenya1193]

No it's not fair the Xhosa traditional 💔🤞... Because this is a traditional style no charge... again never change that...

[@sanditransvaal582]

What u are doing is wrong nja

[@ntsikelelositwayi6110]

Akunobakho cebo na ku Mangalelwe le Channel I delete le video .Lihlazo noko olu....

[@sinethembanqwane2565]

Ohw!!!! Lafa ilizwe lethu madoda and ndinayo into endi qinisekileyo ngayo ukubana lenja yekwekwe yalukela edolophini and indoda elaziyo isiko soze elinze elihlazo lingaka. uhlazekile kwaye apha kwaxhosa akekho namunye umuntu obenophinda angene umzini walenja noko uyakrokrisa xayinjena inkosi yalapha noko madoda bahlazeka ubuzwe lemka ilizwe lethu sijongile and akusinguye uMxhosa lona

[@lizzymaritz1303]

sinethemba nqwane

[@daluxolosono3885]

fuck this shit thengisa ngobudodanxa...

[@sibusisosimama7501]

ai mna Ndiyndoda yomxhosa kwaye andinasiko linje ndahlale ntabeni mna ndiphethwe zilegends so andnawari abantu xabebhentsisa izinto abazenzayo wrong besithi phofu benza benza isiko lesxhosa thina bantu balo siyazi elethu alibulali lingasi bantwana esbhedlele

[@vusumzimacamba8323]

ngxatsho ke mkhuluwa wawabeka kakuhle mfo kanantsi

[@peliswasihlobo6717]

That old man should be prosecuted by all xhosas nd 12 Xhosa speaking tribes fame agwekwe ga chin ubonisa nton uthengisa usiko lwethu emehlweni omlungu wakewabonaphi into enje ama Sotho,pedi,tswana they don't show their cultures roots like that utter bull

[@gunner4life568]

Lol the problem is Xhosa are stubborn for example in pedi people most of us do circumcision from a doctor and afterwards go to the initiation school just for culture nothing happens to you in the mountains hence why it's rare to hear about deaths while there are annual deaths in Xhosa people which is a shame

[@Swavvyy10]

​@@gunner4life568 yes there won't be deaths because you go to the hospital and get circumcised Xhosas go to the mountains to get circumcised BIG difference.

[@Swavvyy10]

​@@gunner4life568So you want Xhosas to go to the hospital and not the mountains to get circumcised 😂 that's not "ubudoda" then😂and that's not the Xhosa way

[@mlungumvuleni7072]

Yikaka le ivezwa ngulo tata umdal

[@sibulelemboyi]

Mlungu Mvuleni mdivumelana nawe

[@likhoeric9912]

bubunya bodwa nto yakuthi oku

[@mayizukentshikilana9730]

Mlungu Mvuleni yinkwenkwe lomfo

[@gcinilecukudu2892]

uthengisa ngesiko nesithethe sakwantu lo tata yerrr

[@Dlezinye]

Ngubani isigebenga sakho kwedini?

[@u..Jama__]

Please delete this video money doesn’t matter more than our culture ndiyakucela bawo

[@jx14aby]

Psychotic sexual torture ritual. Must be banned ASAP!

[@chuckscott4661]

@jx. I agree. It must be banned!

[@gunner4life568]

This not culture but abuse which can result in death unfortunately

[@ShowemRight]

For folks wanting to know how long or when this practice came about, all they have to do is open their bibles to Genesis 17: 11-12, this is a Covenant by way of G-d to Abrahams sons. Let's just say this covenant happened 4,000 years ago.

[@redeemablesoul]

With who are they making this covenant

[@chuckscott4661]

The bible is not a credible source.

[@ShowemRight]

@@chuckscott4661 Gods Laws on Scrolls is a credible source, and so be it that the Bible thats composed of these scrolls are a credible source. As far as I'm concerned, The God of Abraham is the only source to everything that we all sense by way of our God given 5 senses.

[@vusumzimacamba8323]

uThixo ..ndiyamthanda amaMpondomise am anqabe nakulamaqonga wamanyala....amaZulu ndiyawathanda ...akangomagwala njengamadoda amaXhosa yoo ngamagwala abobantu...baathngisa ngelizwe tanci...kumabhulu behlulwa...bathinjwa...babambelela kwinto yabo ibikukuphela kwayo abathi phof bubugcisa babo....nabo beyilahla nayo isimka..ngokuba kalok bafuna uthandwa ngabafazi ezinto zingenamqolo zingazazi nokuba zisukaphi...kusemalawini nje.....

[@ArnoWindvogel]

😢hayi ndahlulakele ngoku lento xayizawkwenziwa kwelakuthi hayi usihlazile lomfo 😨😨😨kubuyasithengisa ngoku ndincamile elilizwe liyaphi

[@asandagobijona6664]

Uyanya lomsunu

[@olwethunqindi8488]

😂😂 I thought uba naniblamer amampondo nje ngobhentsisa isiko lenu ngoku zikhiphani

[@DBoy59]

Jirre die documentary lat my yster soma pain 😢💔

[@sipililebaleni9735]

What he is doing his fuckesd up akalihloniphi Eli lalapha Khaya isiko wenza ububhanxa bakhe yaz loo🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 poese

[@PhilaMakubalo]

Wafotyela lo Qha qwaba, why would you give such information loosely😡

[@ntandazomadyibi5608]

weh 4 dice khaw'yeke into zabantu man 😭😭😭

[@briansolwandle5275]

This is nonsense. Xa omnye eye wahlelwa lelo lishwa lokuba ayogqibezela esibhedlele does not mean yinkwenkwe. Kufuneka ikhutshwe le ngqondo ebantwaneni because bayabulalana ngobu bubhanxa. Today there are medical conditions ebantwini. Does not mean akolukanga ekugqibeleni. So please teach your young ones to respect abanye abantu. You will be surprise to learn ukuthi the way uyiphakamisa ngayo le ndlela woluke ngayo to kwezinye iintlanga you remain inkwenkwe.

[@vusiledana135]

Bububhanxa bodwa obu benziwa yilekwekwe yotata

[@chuckscott4661]

🤮🤮

[@chrismbuti2327]

Delete this plz 🥺

[@alisathembalisa9560]

lafa ilizwe aze liyaphi masekunje baphi abaphathi bethu bakunje kujeziswe nanku umntu

[@AndrewMadiba-u4o]

Le social media ingathi abantu abasazi ba bayisibenzise for ini nxaah

[@ZASON_X]

Wtf is this 😒

[@zipho5935]

Eyi zintoni ezi na MaXhosa funeka nifunde ukugcina usiko pha kwamahlubi nabe Sotho ngeke uve ezizinto ngabo

[@vusumzimacamba8323]

ingxaki amadoda amaXhosa uba kwatswina omama wofika entantazela bcz ngamagwala la...oyikwa ushiywa ngabafazi ezizinto ...hsy inoba imitshsto yawo iqinile lamadoda...kuba kalok bayabanelisa abafazi..babo...nangok inoba bafumana awona amawonga lamavaka la

[@malehlohonolosethabela6005]

Wow xhosa neh😮😮😮

[@dumisanimaliswana6018]

Halala Gobongwana hayi ndincamile soze phinde ndive ndithetha yhuu baphi abafazi ke ngk hayini bafondini chini

[@MrLKema]

Rhaaaaaaaaaaaa bububhanxa bani obuh

[@Msirana98]

MNQANDU WAKHO 👿🦇. BEKUNYANZELEKILE UBA UVEZE NE PICTURES 😠😡😡😡

[@avumilemafede8859]

kutheni ingacinywa na le kaka

[@nxuba4739]

Avumile mafede siyanyelwa nje apha ngaba mabasuse lento

[@avumilemafede8859]

Clicka kweza dots siyirepoteni izocinywa bra

[@thexhosakingdom9660]

Yikaka kodwa le

[@alternativehabbit194]

Lomntu wabaleka kwayena. Lilulwane eli.

[@sazibaka-jd7om]

ndiyakuva mna, ba buyindoda buzoyazi ba lelona nyala likhulu ukwenza lento

[@SanahMohlamonyane-jk5pd]

Sisibhanxa esi senze lento

[@asavelajamile3094]

kodwa madala usenzani

[@asavelajijingubo5897]

Ibuhlungu le yo bhetsiswa kwesiko lethu kwi kundla zoxhomana

[@mduduzimasilela7373]

À

[@monwabisiqutu4383]

ngumakhelo lo

[@SizwesethuDlambuloBhele1288]

Makhelo omkhulu

[@daluxolosono3885]

fuck this shit thengisa ngobudodanxa...

[@daluxolosono3885]

fuck this shit thengisa ngobudodanxa...