PORT ELIZABETH,

Chilling images of deformed penises on a website slamming botched traditional circumcisions in South Africa have raised the ire of cultural commentators who called Monday for the site to be shut down.

Dutch doctor Dingeman Rijken set up the webpage ulwaluko.co.za after scores of boys and young men died last year when the initiation ceremony into manhood went wrong. But critics say it betrays their culture and should have been handled differently.

"That website must be shut down with immediate effect," said Nkululeko Nxesi from the local Community Development Foundation of South Africa (Codefsa).

"He (Rijken) should respect the cultural principles and processes of this nation," Nxesi told AFP.

Traditional chief Patekile Holomisa echoed his sentiments.

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Quick recovery to the boys.... Very graphic site

Let guys see whats happening elsewhere. mimi sijafungua na sitafungua. at least we've been warned. Soo sad for the boys, going by the reactions here.

It's sad, I'm sure 99.99% of percent of the affected boys recover fully. It just leads to crooked pilot, but everything else will be intact.

Anyhow, I think the parents should adopt healthier ways of the initiation. Where I come from we do it, but by a proper doctor, in hygienic environment.