Circumcisions in the Philippine Islands has little if anything to do with America or Americans. The tuli is a hold over from the days that the islands of paradise were
controlled by the Muslims. Today it is viewed as a 'right of passage', for all
Filipino males. The boy will be teased if he is still supot, or still has a ''bag''.
The teasing stips when he is tuli or ''cut''. The cut may be done by a hospital
surgeon, a local doctor or even a 'tuliman' who is a local cutter famuliar with the
proceedure. I also was shocked when I first provided antibodics for the proceedure
about 40 years ago while at the clinic in Subic.
JJ [new member].
