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Photographer: Hans Sylvester

Turmi. Ethiopia by vittorio vida https://flic.kr/p/8XLjub

"Open your ears to the Ancestors and you will understand the language of spirits." - African Proverb / PC: @giangiovanoli #MursiTribe #Ethiopia #OmoRiver #Africa

Etiopia by mokyphotography http://flic.kr/p/QVWXVP

Karo Tribe. The Karo, which number only about 3,000 people, mainly live on the practice of flood retreat cultivationon the banks of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia.The Karo excel in face and body painting, practiced in preparation of their dances and ceremonies, they decorate their bodies, often imitating the spotted plumage of a guinea fowl. Feather plumes are inserted in their clay hair buns to complete the look. The clay hair bun can take up to three days to construct and is usually re-made every three to six months. Their painted facemasks are spectacular. Karo women scarify their chests to beautify themselves. Scars are cut with a knife and ash is rubbed to produce a raised welt. Being the smallest tribe in the area, this group obviously struggles which direct threats from nearby tribes that have more gun power, greater numbers, and likely coalitions with one another. #omoriver #ethiopia #ethiopianwomen #tribeculture #tribestyle #tribaljewelry #tribes #tribal #travelphotography #travelgram #travel #documentaryphotography #documentary #scarification #beautification #facepainting #faces #portraitphotography #jewelry #beadsjewelry @ingetje_tadros - from my archive- (at Omo Valley Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAcSvbGg1qd/?igshid=p54a2awg221g

#WhatisyourHistory Do Research. Post from @africanceremonies - OMO RIVER PEOPLES | ETHIOPIA "Ethiopia’s Omo valley is one of the most remote wildernesses in Africa— and a place close to our hearts. After many visits over the last thirty years, on foot and via four-wheel drive, we decided to penetrate the Omo River by boat. Lale Biwa, our Kara guide, answered our calling. Lale’s people, the Kara, are the smallest of eight tribes in the region; they number fewer than two thousand and live in four small villages of domed huts. They are renowned for their colorful face and torso painting, designed to attract the eye of the opposite sex during courtship season, which begins after the rains. Each morning Kara men went down to the river to paint their bodies and came back to our tents to surprise us with fresh new designs, waiting eagerly to be photographed before they went off to court young women. After rigorous courtship dancing, the designs wore off, only to be refreshed each morning with another innovative pattern. This body painting is one of the oldest art forms in Africa; evidence of its origins is found in early African cave paintings and rock engravings dating back to the Stone Age." In this image "Performing the courtship dance, young Kara men form long lines and leap high in the air to impress the admiring young women." We are delighted to announce we will be giving a talk at the @natural_history_museum , #London on 13 August 2019 To attend 🎟️: LINK IN OUR STORIES . . 📙 This image is from our NEW book 📙 "African Twilight : The Vanishing Rituals and Ceremonies of the African Continent" . . 💛To Order the book please see Amazon 🌍 and all good bookshops. LINK IN OUR BIO . . 💛African Twilight is proudly published by @rizzolibooks 💛Limited Edition Prints available from @photokunst_ #AfricanCeremonies #AfricanTwilight #OMORIVER #ETHIOPIA #NaturalHistoryMuseum . . . 💛 A F R I C A 💛 . . . . . . . #blackbeauty #africanbeauty #natgeo #shareblackstories #blackhistory #Africa #African #africanamazing #yourshotphotographer #african_portraits #thepeoplewemet #africanstylediary #Amerikkkanhistoryx #youngblackandgold #GCFC #godschosenfromcreation (at Omo Valley Ethiopia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzHVqlqJ5t9/?igshid=14xoxwd71avle