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THE HATCHING BIRD & ITS MASTER, UNTOLD WALK AT THE SWAMP!

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  The candidates who come through for circumcision camp at Mutoto Cultural Site which is about 1.5 miles from Mbale Town. The elders check the candidates for the rituals to see whether they are Bagisu. In the middle of the crowd, the boys brave the sword of the cultural surgeon to become men.   The untold walk into the swamp among the Bamasaba cultural insights, on the third day of the knife, boys are escorted to the swamp known as "Mwitoosi" to receive the spiritual incarnations led by the anointed cultural leader on behalf of the circular families of the Bamasaba people. The portion is surveyed and cleared on inspiration to meet the "Hatching Bird and its master", the hatching bird receives the boys with sounds of origin inviting the master to confirm the aspiration to the boys.   The cultural leader sprays out yeast onto the master as it unfolds at the swamp!, it's from this spot of spiritual origin that defin...