Circumcision

A boy is usually circumcised at the age of six or seven,
but as may be the custom among some classes of Sias and Arabs the
operation is performed a few days after birth. The barber operates and
the child is usually given a little Bhang, or other opiate. When a girl
arrives at the ageof puberty she is secluded for seven days, and for
this period eats only butter, bread and sugar, fish, flesh, salt and
acid food being prohibited. In the evening she is given a warm-water
bath, and among lower classes an entertainment is given t o friends.