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Tribes of Ethiopia's Omo Valley: "The Unique Wilderness"
The banks of the Lower Omo River in South-Western Ethiopia are home to over 200 Cheap Devante Smith-Pelly Hoodie ,000 tribal people. These creative individuals cultivate the land and tend to herds of cattle to ensure they always have a plentiful supply of food. They dedicate a great deal of their time to body art, painting each other in various hues of yellows, reds, whites and grey, and adorning themselves with flora, fauna and animal remains.
The Body is a Blank Canvas for the Indigenous Tribes
Running through the Great Rift Valley, the River Omo comes to an abrupt stop at Lake Turkana. The climate is usually hot and dry Cheap Madison Bowey Hoodie , with times of intense rain once or twice a year. Diverse groups of tribal people have lived along the sandy river banks for centuries, moving into the dense grasslands when it floods. These yearly monsoons provide much-needed relief from the intense heat, and dredge up fertile silt from the bottom of the river. This ensures the cultivation of a plentiful food supply, including crops such as beans, grains, fruit, coffee and sorghum.
Some of the different tribes located in the area include Arbore Cheap Lars Eller Hoodie , Surma, Ari, Kara, Hamar, Konso, Bena, Turkana Cheap Jakub Vrana Hoodie , Bodi, Mursi, Daasanech, Bumi, Tsemay, Dorze and Kwegu. The thing that unites these tribes more than anything is their use of traditional body art. Using mineral powders, pulverised from local materials Cheap Evgeny Kuznetsov Hoodie , they decorate their bodies in abstract designs and colours. These vivid adornments have many uses; signifying rank within the group; attracting a partner or impressing their peers; preventing illness; and sometimes for part of a ritual. The desig