After the massage, a long piece of cloth will be wound around her abdomen so as not to let the muscles sag. The baby is often not allowed out after dusk. Female circumcision, and nowadays male too, may be performed soon after birth. Circumcision The period when a boy becomes a man is marked by circumcision. This follows the Islamic tradition that dates back to Judaic days.
Male circumcision is celebrated for the rite of passage it represents.
The boy is showered with gifts. In the old days, he is paraded on a pony and treated as a young prince. Female circumcision, on the other hand, is more quiet. Female circumcision in Singapore has nothing in common with cases of genital mutilation as reported in the parts of the Middle East. Here, it involves only a small cut off the foreskin and does not affect the genitals at all.