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An Ethiopian tribe's tradition of taking part in a ceremonial duel where men beat each other with sticks in order to win a bride has been captured on camera. The often violent and bloody display ...
INCREDIBLE pictures show an Ethiopian tribe whose men batter each other in a brutal stick battle with the last man standing taking home a bride. The violent and bloody display practiced amongst ...
Ethiopia is a land rich with ethnic diversity: Some 70 tribal groups live within this ... Suffice to say, huge numbers of men, women, and children, who were living simple, often grueling lives ...
The ritual, which is known as a donga, takes place after the harvest has been completed and is unique to the men of the Surma tribe who live in Ethiopia's southern Omo River valley. But before the ...
Along the Lower Omo valley river in Southern Ethiopia resides one of these kinds: the Bodi Tribe. The Bodi people ... a "Ka'el ceremony" (ceremony of fat men) to mark the new year celebrations.
For a period of six months before the contest, the men of the Bodi tribe drink a mixture of blood and milk to fatten up for the most prestigious pageant in Ethiopia. The Bodi or Me'en people ...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia's government ... were injured when thousands fled to Kenya. Armed men also set ablaze a number of houses. Tribal clashes over land disputes are common in the ...
In December, I journeyed to southwest Ethiopia to photograph the rarely seen Surma tribe. For eight days ... is another common practice. For men, scars symbolize opponents they’ve killed ...
The old men shouted tall tales of past Ethiopian glories ... The ruling Amharas of the Emperor’s own tribe made it 2,000,000 out of an esti mated population of 10,000,000.
The men also paint their faces and bodies ... who sought out the tribe, who live on the east banks of Ethiopia's Omo River, to capture the splendour of their tribal make-up. Speaking to MailOnline ...