(11 Aug 2024)
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Mbale, Uganda – 3rd August 2024
1. Wide of “Kadodi” Procession
2. Various of people dancing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmanuel Watundu, father of boy being circumcised:
“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.”
4. Various of boys on their way to be circumcised
5. Close of traditional paste being prepared for ritual
6. Various of Watundu’s son being smeared with paste
7. Mid of Watundu’s son in line
8. Watundu talking to son before circumcision
9. Man sptting liquid in Watundu’s son’s face
10. Wide of boys lined up for circumcision
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmanuel Watundu, father of boy being circumcised:
“We started these preparations some… almost one week ago and, in the process here in Bumasaba, a candidate who is going to circumcise has to go and inform his uncle. The uncle who is the brother to the mother. After that process, if the uncles agree with him, that is when he declares himself as the candidate of that day. So, the uncles when he went there, they never argued with him, only that they blessed him for the circumcision of today.”
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Sironko, Uganda – 2nd August 2024
12. Wide of traditional circumcision surgeon Peter Gusolo entering his compound screaming
13. Various of Gusolo performing rituals
14. Various of Gusolo sharpening circumcision knife
15. Close of Gusolo performing another ritual
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Gusolo, traditional circumcision surgeon:
“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
17. Rowdy crowds ahead of circumcision
18. Traditional circumcision surgeon preparing for circumcision
19. Wide of crowds
20. Boy looking skyward as traditional surgeon performs circumcision
21. Surgeon raising hands to indicate a successful circumcision
22. Close of boy’s face after circumcision
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Sironko, Uganda – 2nd August 2024
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Gusolo, traditional circumcision surgeon:
“Even if you are dying, we can arrest and circumcise you at night and we bury you in the morning. We can put you inside and circumcise you well, put you, then we bury you. We cannot bury you in the land of the Bamasaaba without being circumcised. No, no, no, no. It’s in the constitution of culture of Bamasaaba. It’s in the constitution, even a dead body must be circumcised. It is a curse if you bury in the land people who are not circumcised if he is Umasaba, it is a curse.”
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Mbale, Uganda – 3 August 2024
22. Wide of “Kadodi” procession passing near church
23. Various of people walking to event
24. Various of dignitaries attending the Imbalu Festival
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Sironko, Uganda – 2nd August 2024
25. Various set-up shots of Wasukira Mashate, an elder in the Bamasaba
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Wasukira Mashate, Bamasaba elder:
“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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