Uploads from Eric Lafforgue, tagged africanethnicity

Young Boy Wearing Traditional Dressing In A Street Of Lamu, Kenya

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:58:21 -0700

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A Woman Sitting On A Concrete Bench With Traditional Dresssing In A Street Of Lamu, Kenya

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:58:45 -0700

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Suri Tribe Girl With Enlarged Earlobe At A Ceremony Organized By The Government, Kibish, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:58:17 -0700

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Hamer Tribe Women Dancing During Bull Jumping Ceremony, Turmi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:28:09 -0700

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The society of the Hamar tribe of the Omo Valley (Ethiopia) consists in a complex system of age groups with complicated rituals to pass from one to the other; The bull-jumping is the final test before passing into adulthood and getting married;
Before the jump, the women of the jumperâs family are whipped to blood to prove their courage and accompany him during the test;
The whipper running the bull jumping is called maze; Mazes are single men who have already performed bull jumping; They are hired to whip the women during the ceremony and earn goats and money as a salary; Mazes survive on payments received for these ceremonies; They only feed themselves with milk, honey and meat; Once they get married, they get a dowry and some land if they are lucky; The Mazes take part to the eldersâ meeting before the ceremony;
The cow jumping or bull leaping consists in walking naked over bulls without falling; Once this is done, the boy becomes a man and is able to get married; Any boy who fails will be publicly humiliated, whipped by his female relatives and teased, insulted and beaten by both men and women for the rest of his life;© Eric Lafforgue
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Woman Calling With Cellphone, Wearing Banknotes Hat In Maulidi Festival, Lamu, Kenya.

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:27:58 -0700

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Hamar Tribe Woman Asking To Be Whipped During Bull Jumping Ceremony, Turmi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:27:59 -0700

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The society of the Hamar tribe of the Omo Valley (Ethiopia) consists in a complex system of age groups with complicated rituals to pass from one to the other; The bull-jumping is the final test before passing into adulthood and getting married;
Before the jump, the women of the jumperâs family are introducing themselves standing still with one arm up in the air to be whipped to blood to prove their courage and accompany him during the test;
The whipper, or maze, is the one running the bull jumping iceremony; Mazes are single men who have already performed bull jumping; They are hired to whip the women during the ceremony and earn goats and money as a salary; Mazes survive on payments received for these ceremonies; They only feed themselves with milk, honey and meat; Once they get married, they get a dowry and some land if they are lucky; The Mazes take part to the eldersâ meeting before the ceremony;
The cow jumping or bull leaping consists in walking naked over bulls without falling; Once this is done, the boy becomes a man and is able to get married; Any boy who fails will be publicly humiliated, whipped by his female relatives and teased, insulted and beaten by both men and women for the rest of his life;
© Eric Lafforgue
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Miss Domoget, Bodi Tribe Woman With Headband, Hana Mursi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:28:09 -0700

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The Bodi (or Meen) tribe lives close to the Omo River in southern Ethiopia (Omo Valley) and has the Mursi tribe as south neighbor and Konso at north; It is a pastoral and agricultural tribe, thus livestock plays a large role in the tribe; Along the banks of the river, they cultivate sorghum, maize and coffee;
For their new year in June, called Kael, Bodi men consume large amounts of blood and milk to become overweight;Â This tradition measures the body fat of a contestant; Each family or clan is allowed to present an unmarried contestant;Â The winner of this contest is awarded great fame by the tribe;Â The women in the tribe wear goatskin skirts and have a plug inserted into their chin; Most of them are now Christians;
In Hana Mursi, the main town of the Bodis, the government plans to settle 300 000 people from all over Ethiopia over the next few years; Along with the workers and soldiers, AIDS and Hepatitis B are coming too; The Bodi tribespeople do not want to give up their traditions and their land to allow the new sugar cane plantations irrigated by the water of Gibe 3 dam, and live in the settlements planned by the government; If the Konso tribe attempts to set foot on their land with the support of the government, clashes will erupt as the Bodi elders predict;
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Henna Painted Arms Young Woman Wearing Hijab In Lamu, Kenya

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:28:06 -0700

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Shepherd From Suri Tribe Receiving Help To Decorate His Body With Camouflage Paintings Before Leaving The Village, Tulgit, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:28:07 -0700

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When the Surma shepherds leave their village, they paint their bodies like for a camouflage;
Like their neighbours, the Surma, living in Omo valley, Ethiopia, paint their bodies; They create a variety of designs on their naked bodies using their fingertips, which helps exposing their dark skins and aims at beautifying themselves and frightenning their opponents; Surma men, generally believed to be expert artists, also paint the girls;
Surma or Suri is a sedentary pastoral tribe living in south west Ethiopia, in Omo Valley on the western bank of the Omo River, in Kibish and Tulgit areas;
Itâs quite common to see men and women carrying Kalashnikovs, which are part of the daily life; Their land has always been a place of traditional rivalries amoung neighbouring tribes such as the Bume (Nyangatom) or the Toposa from Sudan who regularly team up to raid on their cattle; These fights have become quite bloody since automatic firearms have become available during in the Sudanese Civil War;
Only few Surma are familiar with Amharic, Ethiopiaâs official language, and the literacy level is very low; Lip plate and Donga stick fights are the two typical distinctive features of these people, shared with the neighbouring Mursi people;
The land of the Suri, in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia, is being stolen by the Ethiopian government to be rented to foreign companies; They are then rented out for 1 euro per hectare and per year;
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Mid Adult Woman Wearing Yellow Veil Portrait, Lamu, Kenya

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:28:04 -0700

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Girl With Drum Playing On The Dockside In Lamu, Kenya

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:27:59 -0700

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Hamer Jumper During Bull Jumping Ceremony, Turmi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:28:00 -0700

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Men Dancing Goma Stick Dance At Maulidi Festival, Lamu, Kenya

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:27:59 -0700

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Suri Tribe Woman Cutting Hair With A Blade, Kibish, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:07:55 -0700

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Surma or Suri is a sedentary pastoral tribe living in south west Ethiopia, in Omo Valley on the western bank of the Omo River, in Kibish and Tulgit areas;
Only few Surma are familiar with Amharic, Ethiopiaâs official language, and the literacy level is very low; Lip plate and Donga stick fights are the two typical distinctive features of these people, shared with the neighbouring Mursi people;© Eric Lafforgue
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Shepherd From Suri Tribe Receiving Help To Decorate His Body With Camouflage Paintings Before Leaving The Village, Tulgit, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:07:57 -0700

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Hamer Tribe Women Dancing During Bull Jumping Ceremony, Turmi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:08:10 -0700

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The society of the Hamar tribe of the Omo Valley (Ethiopia) consists in a complex system of age groups with complicated rituals to pass from one to the other; The bull-jumping is the final test before passing into adulthood and getting married;
Before the jump, the women of the jumper’s family are whipped to blood to prove their courage and accompany him during the test;
The whipper running the bull jumping is called maze; Mazes are single men who have already performed bull jumping; They are hired to whip the women during the ceremony and earn goats and money as a salary; Mazes survive on payments received for these ceremonies; They only feed themselves with milk, honey and meat; Once they get married, they get a dowry and some land if they are lucky; The Mazes take part to the elders’ meeting before the ceremony;
The cow jumping or bull leaping consists in walking naked over bulls without falling; Once this is done, the boy becomes a man and is able to get married; Any boy who fails will be publicly humiliated, whipped by his female relatives and teased, insulted and beaten by both men and women for the rest of his life;
© Eric Lafforgue
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Bodi Tribe Man With Hair Decorated With Ashes, Hana Mursi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:08:12 -0700

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A Man Carrying Drinkable Water On His Shoulders Passing By An Ambulance In Lamu, Kenya

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:11:17 -0700

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Hamar Tribe Man And Cattle At Bull Jumping Ceremony, Turmi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:08:01 -0700

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The Hamar (Hamer, Hammer) tribe is about 35,000 people, living in Hamer Bena woreda, a fertile part of the Omo River valley, in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) in Ethiopia; Itâs a pastoral tribe, placing a high value on cattle; At least 27 words are used to qualify the variations of colours and textures of cattle! Each man has a human, a goat and a cow name;
Here, the cattle is put in line for the bull jumping ceremony, the final test before passing into adulthood and getting married;
Before the jump, the women of the jumperâs family are whipped to blood to prove their courage and accompany him during the test;
The whipper running the bull jumping is called maze; Mazes are single men who have already performed bull jumping; They are hired to whip the women during the ceremony and earn goats and money as a salary; Mazes survive on payments received for these ceremonies; They only feed themselves with milk, honey and meat; Once they get married, they get a dowry and some land if they are lucky; The Mazes take part to the eldersâ meeting before the ceremony;
The cow jumping or bull leaping consists in walking naked over bulls without falling; Once this is done, the boy becomes a man and is able to get married; Any boy who fails will be publicly humiliated, whipped by his female relatives and teased, insulted and beaten by both men and women for the rest of his life;
© Eric Lafforgue
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Boy With Kofia, Sitting On A Cannon

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:11:58 -0700

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