Photo Story – A ceremonial circumcision ritual in the Rhodope Mountains

A Bulgarian Pomak man (ethnic-Bulgarian of the Islamic faith) holds his son as they ride on a horse during a ceremonial circumcision ritual in the Rhodope Mountains village of Ribnovo, Bulgaria, 11 April 2021.

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