Watching mass circumcisions offers tourists "something different from the norm," Malaysia's Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism was quoted as telling the daily Star newspaper.

Mass circumcision ceremonies could become a moneymaking tourist attraction in Malaysia. "By charging tourists a small fee...to watch such cultural events, the organizational costs can be covered," the minister told the paper after attending a circumcision ceremony in Kuala Lumpur in which 48 boys went under the knife.

[12/14/1997]