{"id":17355,"date":"2014-11-14T01:03:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T01:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/in-photos-young-girls-are-lined-up-before\/"},"modified":"2014-11-14T01:03:23","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T01:03:23","slug":"in-photos-young-girls-are-lined-up-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/in-photos-young-girls-are-lined-up-before\/","title":{"rendered":"IN PHOTOS: Young girls are lined up before undergoing tribal circumcision ceremony in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photographer Siegfried Modola captured this ceremony in rural Kenya for four teenage girls of the Pokot tribe<\/p>\n<p>More than a quarter of Kenyan women have undergone ordeal, despite the practice being outlawed three years ago<\/p>\n<p>But in many tribes, it is considered a rite of passage that marks the transition into womanhood so girls can marry.<\/p>\n<p>These pictures show frightened girls lined up before villagers in Kenya to be circumcised &#8211; even though the brutal practice is now illegal in the country.<\/p>\n<p>But in many African tribes, traditions are more important than laws and circumcision is considered a rite of passage that marks their transition into womanhood so they can marry.  <\/p>\n<p>Reuters photographer Siegfried Modola captured this ceremony in rural Kenya for four teenage girls of the Pokot tribe, in Baringo County.  <\/p>\n<p>Draped in animal skin and covered in white paint, the girls squat over large stones in the remote village after being circumcised &#8211; a life-threatening custom banned in the country three years ago.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-7310 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-7309 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document 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