ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 1月17日 02時45分

The first time cutting season came around, Nice Leng’ete and her older sister ran away and hid all night in a tree. The second time, her sister refused to hide. For Maasai families, the cutting ceremony is a celebration that transforms girls into women and marks daughters as eligible brides. But to 8-year-old Nice, it seemed like a threat: She’d be held down by bigger, stronger women, and her clitoris would be cut. She’d bleed, a lot. Most girls fainted. Some died. Still, her sister gave in. “I had tried to tell her, ‘We are running for something that’s worth it,’” Nice recalled. “But I couldn’t help her.” She never forgot what her sister suffered, and as she grew up, she was determined to protect other #Maasai girls. After nearly 4 years of dialogue, the elders in her village abandoned cutting. She persuaded the men — and with them the village — that everyone would be healthier and wealthier if girls stayed in school, married later and gave birth without the complications cutting can create. Her campaign spread to neighboring villages and eventually to the highest seat of Maasai power. In 7 years, Nice has helped 50,000 girls avoid the the agonizing and controversial ritual. @andrewrenneisenphoto took the portrait of Nice. Swipe left to see @andreabruce’s photos of other Maasai girls during a rite-of-passage ceremony, conducted as an alternative to genital cutting.

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