On 1 Nov 2008 14:32:02 -0500, Winston Smith
<Winston.Smith@Victory.Mansions.com> wrote:
>And in a (very very) small attempt to pick things up, here's an interesting
>little photo, I picked up from the web. This is part of a very interesting
>(well it looks like it anyway :-)) Italian ritual. Apparently it's some
>sort of coming of age thing. Don't ask me, I'm mystified (but if anyone
>has any further pictures of this ritual, or even any film of it then please
>post it. (I take it there would be no objections to that VV or TA???)
I've seen it before in a book about children around the world, but
that was well over ten years ago. The book did explain something about
the ritual, how the boy passing through the tree meant growing up or
something (unless of course he got an erection and got his nads
caught!). Anyway, that was the only picture of this particular ritual
though there were others of other rituals (non-nude). It was a coming
of age chapter.
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