Assertion: circumcision | /r/CapableOf | start as a blood sacrifice
Facets:
value: for polynesians
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for aboriginal australians
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: For Aboriginal Australians and Polynesians, circumcision likely started as a blood sacrifice and a test of bravery and became an initiation rite with attendant instruction in manhood in more recent centuries.