More proof that any excuse will do for a party
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,584788,00.html
Collective Cuts: Circumcision-By-Bulk in the Balkans
In the southern Balkans, a small Muslim ethnic group maintains its collective identity by means of mass circumcision. Once every five years, villagers gather to ordain their boys. And to party for four straight days.
No anesthesia is used, by the way.