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25/06/2024

Kara Tribe's village
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia
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15/06/2024

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The Annual ceremoney ( the holiday of fat men ) and the beginning of New year of Bodi tribe ,Omo valley Ethiopia. On this year they celebrate on June 14.2024.

📍Omo valley Ethiopia

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11/06/2024

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Ethiopia isn’t only about stones; it’s also about people. Meet the Hamer, Mursi, and Karo tribes Suri Tribe Tribe in the Omo Valley. Their vibrant traditions, adorned bodies, and warm smiles invite you to share in their way of life. It’s a dance of humanity across generations.
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05/06/2024

Kara Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

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30/05/2024

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Kara Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

The Kara people, also known as the Karo, are an indigenous ethnic group residing in the lower Omo Valley in Southern Ethiopia.
One distinctive aspect of the Kara culture is their elaborate body painting. Both men and women use white chalk, pulverized rock, to decorate their bodies with intricate designs. These decorations serve as symbols of identity, status, and beauty.
Scarification is another significant cultural practice among the Kara. This involves creating intricate patterns on the skin using a sharp instrument. The raised scars are seen as a mark of beauty and courage. For men, scarification often signifies bravery and achievements in hunting and combat. Women also undergo scarification as a rite of passage and a symbol of their beauty and strength.

26/05/2024

26/05/2024

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Suri Tribe (surma Tribe)
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

The Donga is a traditional stick-fighting competition practiced by the Suri (or Surma) men of southwestern Ethiopia. It serves as a rite of passage, a means of resolving conflicts, and a demonstration of strength and courage. Combatants, armed with long sticks called "donga," engage in intense one-on-one duels, often resulting in bruises or injuries. These fights are accompanied by ritualistic chants and dances, emphasizing the cultural significance of the event. The Donga not only tests physical prowess but also serves to maintain social order and reinforce communal bonds within the Suri Tribe
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25/05/2024

Kara Tribe's village
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia

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18/05/2024

Kara Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

15/05/2024

Kara Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

01/05/2024

Ka'el ceremoney ( the holiday of fat men ) of Bodi tribe, Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

On this year they will celebrate from June 17 until 19.
2024

Don't miss out on this festival!!
That happens once a year
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Bodi tribe has a small population compering to the Omo valley tribes and they reside near the Omo river, occupying about 1900 sq.km.They are bordered by the Mursi tribe as well. Both tribes though similar in several cultural patterns, clash from time to time. As a tribe, they are a group of people who are largely dependant on their livestock. They are also core agriculturalist who are involved in the growing of sorghum, maize and coffee, along the banks of Omo river.

Ka’el” which means “the holiday of the fat men”. The ceremony measures the body fat of the male contestant and rewards the winner with no more than fame and adulation of the people.Prior to the competition, each of the 14 clans of the Bodi tribe is expected to produce a male contestant who is unmarried. For 6 months, these unmarried men, They feed on blood and fresh milk. For the entire period of 6 months, they are not expected to engage in any physical activity. Already, Bodi men are naturally overweight due to their large consumption of honey now this ritual helps to put on the extra weight.

During this time too, they are not allowed to have sexual relations or leave their huts. Every morning the women bring them milk. The first bowl of blood is usually about 1-2 litres. Some may have a hard time finishing it and end up throwing up. Your guess is as good as mine…it’s probably not such a sweet experience.

On the day of the Ka’el ceremony, these fattened men leave their huts for the first time since the competition. With their bodies covered with clay and ashes, they display their physical abilities before the elders of the community who serve as judges.

The fat Bodi men spend hours usually under the sun, running around a sacred tree.To celebrate it, they dance, drink, sing, and the Fat men who have drunk a lot of milk for months make a competition, wearing this strange headdress made of feathers and beads.

30/04/2024

Mursi Tribe women with her lip plates
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

Visiting the Omo valley can feel like a journey through time, arriving at something as close as there is to an untouched Africa free from outside influences. There are thousands of Omo pastoralists, cultivators, and hunters who still live almost exactly as their ancestors did hundreds of years ago. Possessing few items from the modern world, the men, women, and children here ritually adorn themselves to express status and tribal identity.

However, the use of large lip plates is the most visible distinguishing feature of the Omo tribes.The Mursi tribes, along with the neighbouring Suri tribes, are believed to be the last groups in Africa where women still wear large pottery or wooden discs.

In this society, as girls reach puberty, they will have their lips cut and a small wooden plug inserted. Once the lip has been cut and stretched over a one-year period by inserting bigger and bigger wooden plugs, and then progressively larger lip-plates made of either clay or wood.

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24/04/2024

Mursi Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia
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23/04/2024

Suri Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

15/04/2024

Mursi Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia
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10/04/2024

Kara Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia
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07/04/2024

Suri Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

The Suri Tribe is well known for their elaborate face and body painting. This is a means of self_expression and can represent social status in the Tribe.
These elaborate designs are meant to attract the opposite gender and in some cases ward off illness and evil spirits.
The materials used for painting are all organic and nature, found in their environment

Suri Tribe Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

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29/03/2024

Suri Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

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The Suri Tribe is well known for their elaborate face and body painting. This is a means of self-expression and can represent social status in the Tribe.
These elaborate designs are meant to attract the opposite gender and in some cases ward off illness and evil spirits.
The materials used for painting are all organic and nature, found in their environment

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28/03/2024

Mursi Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹
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25/03/2024

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Rock Hewn churche Lalibela Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Northern Ethiopia
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The architectural symmetry of Lalibela Church is fascinating. Especially, considering it was perfectly carved out of a single rock long before computers, calculators or modern day tools.

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21/03/2024

Hamer Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia
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19/03/2024

Hamer Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹

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17/03/2024

Hamer Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia
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14/03/2024

Mursi Tribe
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹
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12/03/2024

Body Tribe women's with scrfaction
Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia 🇪🇹
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11/03/2024

Suri Tribe Lower Omo Valley Ethiopia
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