Circumcision parent - Katsurei oya

Japanese: 割礼親 - かつれいおや
Circumcision parent - Katsurei oya

...However, female circumcision is common among the indigenous peoples of Africa, Malays, and Arabs. Among the Kamba people of Kenya, the woman who accompanies a girl in circumcision remains the circumcision mother for the rest of her life, and the girl becomes a circumcised child. The most common method of circumcision is circumcision of the foreskin in men and removal of the clitoris in women, but there are also some places, such as the Australian aborigines, where urethral incision is performed in men and hymen piercing is performed in women.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "circumcision parents" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,アフリカの原住民,マレー人,アラブなどでは女性の割礼が一般化している。アフリカのケニアに住むカンバ族などでは,少女の割礼の介添役を行った女は,終身その娘の割礼親となり,その少女は割礼子となる。 割礼の仕方は,男性の場合は,陰茎包皮の環状切除,女性の場合はクリトリスの切除が最も多いが,オーストラリアの原住民のように,男性の尿道切開や女性の処女膜穿孔などを行うところもある。…

※「割礼親」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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