BULGARIA-MUSLIMS-CIRCUMCISION-FEATURE

A Pomak boy (ethnic-Bulgarians of the Islamic faith) waits with a gift of 500 Euro attached to his clothes during a mass circumcision ceremony for young boys in the village of Ribnovo, 05 November 2006, some 250 south of the capital Sofia. The feast is carried out after the end of the fast of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO / VALENTINA PETROVA