Uploads from Eric Lafforgue, tagged tribe

Koktejl Magazine cover

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:45:26 -0700

Cover of Koktejl Magazine, CZ
A picture of a Hamer woman who was in the time before the wedding: she has to stay alone for months in a house alone. Her friends come to feed her; She must not meet her husband. i think it is to be sure that the baby she'll have later will be from him... but always hard to get the full explanation! She was just incredibly beautiful.
I met her again one year ago, and without the mud on her and the hair, i could not recognize her! She recognized me!
Omo ethiopia
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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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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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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;
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Beja Tribe Men Dancing In Front Of The Khatmiyah Mosque At The Base Of The Taka Mountains, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:06:24 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Kids In A Coranic School, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:06:30 -0700

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Beja Tribe Men Dancing In Front Of The Khatmiyah Mosque At The Base Of The Taka Mountains, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:03:21 -0700

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Beja Tribe Men Dancing In Front Of The Khatmiyah Mosque At The Base Of The Taka Mountains, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:28:05 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Kid Writing On The Sand In A Coranic School, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:12:18 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Girl, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:12:33 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Kids In A Coranic School, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:12:23 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Kids In A Coranic School, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:12:18 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Man, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:29:01 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Kids In A Coranic School, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:29:16 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Boy, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:28:58 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Women Buying Clothes, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:57:36 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Kids In A Coranic School, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:57:29 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Girl, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:57:37 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Women Selling Clothes, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:57:17 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Girl, Kassala, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:12:17 -0700

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Rashaida Tribe Girls, Port Sudan, Sudan

nobody@flickr.com (Eric Lafforgue) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:12:34 -0700

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