He then breathes in the child's ear and whispers into it the name the parents have chosen which is proclaimed aloud by a griot, the marabout or the grandfather. While the name is being whispered a sheep is being slaughtered. A gift of kola nuts, cakes, or other special foods are distributed to the guests, and the tuft of hair is buried. The Sereer make gris-gris with this hair and the baby wears it around his waist until he begins to walk. Then it is buried.
Guests bring small gifts for the infant and for the griots as well.
Later in the day, a large meal is served followed by drumming and dancing. As practiced in most ethnic groups, the boys would go with their peer group to spend several months in the bush having instruction on adult responsibilities and behavior. Three days after the circumcision procedure all the boys were required to participate in certain dances, this in itself being a form of initiating the ability to bear pain like a man. The group stayed apart for as long as necessary until the healing of the last boy in the group. Although most boys in urban areas are circumcised by a doctor or nurse at a hospital, it is often done in groups.