(11 Aug 2024)
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Mbale, Uganda – 3 August 2024
1. Wide of “Kadodi” procession
2. Various of people dancing
3. Boys on their way to be circumcised
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmanuel Watundu, father of boy being circumcised:
++PART OVERLAID BY SHOTS 3, 5 & 6++
“It’s the culture in Bugisu that if a son or a boy is born in a family, at some stage, at some point, this boy must get circumcised. So, it’s a culture that we believe in and we are happy with it.”
5. Close of traditional paste being prepared for ritual
6. Various of Watundu’s son being smeared with paste
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Sironko, Uganda – 2 August 2024
7. Various of Gusolo sharpening circumcision knife
8. Close of Gusolo performing another ritual
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Gusolo, traditional circumcision surgeon:
++PART OVERLAID BY SHOT 10++
“Our grand grands, ‘Guga Guga’, our parents gave us, died, has passed on, but for us, as we are preparing to give other children, if I pass on. The spirit can attach one and to become a surgeon, this one can rule and give him power to rule those spirits."
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Mbale, Uganda – 3rd August 2024
10. Boy looking skyward as traditional surgeon performs circumcision
11. Various of surgeon raising hands to indicate successful circumcision, boy standing in midst of crowd
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sironko, Uganda – 2 August 2024
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Wasukira Mashate, Bamasaba elder:
++PART OVERLAID BY SHOT 13 & 14++
“Our culture was preserved because there was no foreign influence. Now since the world has opened up by railways, by roads, by air, transport and other means, and now the worst is now TikTok, social media, people are interacting. These are social forces which you cannot stop but to come down a bit to our cultural institution, at the present, our leadership is being hijacked by political leadership.”
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Mbale, Uganda – 3 August 2024
13. Wide of “Kadodi” procession passing near church
14. Various of people walking to event
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Mbale, Uganda – 4 August 2024
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Wilson Watira, Chairperson of Imbalu Cultural Board:
++PART OVERLAID BY SHOTS 16 & 17++
“When it comes to performance of culture, of culture itself, like now what happened in Mutoto, it remains culture. We only want to show the world that even when we are performing this culture, it can also attract other people because in the previous, people thought we are barbaric in doing this thing, we brutalize people, we brutalize the candidates. It has thrown many people away. It’s the reason why we say ‘no, we are not barbaric, we can make this thing very attractive and you will enjoy it.’”
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Mbale, Uganda – 3rd August 2024
16. Various of elders during circumcision ceremony
17. Various of circumcision candidates dancing during ceremony
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mbale, Uganda – 3rd August 2024
18. Various of dancing during ceremony
STORYLINE:
The ritualized circumcision of thousands of boys, known as Imbalu, is underway in a remote corner of Uganda.
This year, the local king has opened the festivities to the public, a decision which has raised eyebrows among many Bamasaaba, an ethnic group of 4 million.
They question whether the ritual should be turned into a carnival, and believe it should remain a sacred ceremony in which families quietly prepare their sons to face the knife with courage.
On the first day of Imbalu, dancers shook their hips to the beat of drummers who led the way as the town of Mbale prepared for the start of the mass circumcision.
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