KEPALA BATAS, MALAYSIA - Nearly 300 boys from the Kepala Batas parliamentary constituency were circumcised in a mass ceremony yesterday.

The event was jointly organised by the parliamentary constituency and Penaga, Bertam and Pinang Tunggal state constituencies with cooperation from the Kepala Batas Hospital Visitors' Board, as part of the 1Malaysia community health programme.

Of the 275 boys, 108 were circumcised by the traditional method. The rest were circumcised using a modern technique.

Before the circumcision, the boys took part in a bicycle procession and were sprayed with water in a symbolic start to the ceremony.

Kepala Batas Umno division vice-chief Mohamad Naser Talib launched the ceremony. He represented former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.