Accurate detail maps of the region don't really exist, so here are three diagrammatic maps with thanks, which help build up a picture.
This is a modified corner of the International Travel Map. The
Omo Valley lower left; Aregash Lodge upper right.
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You Tube video. TRACKS Art Wolfe
Ethiopia's Most Hidden Tribal Area: Omo
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Accurate detail maps of the region don't really exist, so here are three diagrammatic maps with thanks, which help build up a picture.
Diagram: Guide to the Tribes Omo Valley.
Approx main tribe locations.
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Accurate detail maps of the region don't really exist, so here are diagrammatic maps with thanks, which help build up a picture.
Based on Bradt South Omo diagram with thanks.
Yabello and El Sod off lower right.
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As it is difficult to find accurate detailed maps of remote southern Ethiopia, it can pay to patch together several sources.
This is just a diagram of peoples with a National Geographic Southern Rift Valley sheet dated 2011 which adds to overall understanding.
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On the road to Dimeka. (South of Jinka).
Calabash, animal-skin apron-skirt, cowrie-shell band, neck rings, ochred dreads.
Hamer.
"The Hamer people are principally pastoralists, breeding cattle, goats, and sheep. They have a similar veneration for cattle as their close neighbours. The women and girls grow crops, with the staple being sorghum, but they also grow beans, maize, and pumpkin. The women are also responsible for collecting water, cooking, and looking after the household and children -- who start helping the family by herding the goats from around the age of eight. The young men of the village work the crops and defend the herds, while adult men herd the cattle, plough with the oxen and raise beehives in acacia trees.
The Hamer move when they have exhausted the land.
Women wear an elaborately decorated goatskin, often coloured with beads and cowries. Beaded necklaces, bracelets and waistbands adorn their bodies, which for the Hamer, tend to be made with black and red beads. (The Bana, their close neighbours, mostly use blue and black beads.) Women wear thick metal necklaces announcing their marital status.
One striking characteristic of the Hamer men and women is that they indulge in elaborate hair-dressing. Men wear a clay cap (later shots) which is painted and decorated with feathers and other bird-like ornaments. The women decorate their hair with ochre-clay and butter twisted into long plaits or dreads.
Tribal men are often seen carrying a small perch-stool in the Omo region in general." (Based on Minalu Adem with thanks.)
As we'll see later, the Hamer are particularly noted for their coming-of-age bull-jumping ceremonies.
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