Circumcision is done because, well you can research about that, don't feel like explaining it :wacko:
It's not bad if you do it the right way, they use anesthesia, scissors and etc here, but not a knife without anesthesia , most parents make their kids get circumcised properly when born so they won't feel the pain at their teen ages, it's to clean the bacteria from their " private part " and it's free here on summer at any hospitals, done by a trained doctor ofcourse.
But from what you posted, that's just stupid, what parent would even take their children through that experience. :facepalm: