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A woman is publicly whipping - Hamer initiation ceremony - Turmi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia
The Tribes That Time Forgot
July 26th 2010 There was much that lay waiting for me in the Omo Valley – a place where tribal people scar and paint their bodies and pierce them with all manner of objects, where women are publicly whipped to demonstrate their loyalty, and where men run naked across bulls to prove their manhood. As we continued along the dirt roads the anticipation of meeting the first tribe grew.
This tribe was the Arbore,
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