"It's all about the mixing of families through male friendships. A Yazidi man chooses another man to become his blood brother – the man can be from among the Yazidi or they can be from another religion, such as Islam - and the ritual occurs when the would-be blood brother holds the son of his friend during a male circumcision ceremony. The blood from the circumcised child falls onto the clothing of the blood brother and it symbolises the tie between the two men and their families."
Winnetou im Irak
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