A finely braided hairstyle of a young Dassanech man.The scarification of his lower back is a sign of beauty. He carries a wooden stool in his left hand, which doubles as a pillow at night.The Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia is one of the least accessible and least developed parts of East Africa.

A finely braided hairstyle of a young Dassanech man.The scarification of his lower back is a sign of beauty. He carries a wooden stool in his left hand, which doubles as a pillow at night.The Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia is one of the least accessible and least developed parts of East Africa.

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A Dassanech youth sits on his wooden stool on a bank of the Omo River.Every man has his own stool, which doubles as a pillow at night.The Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia is one of the least accessible and least developed parts of East Africa.As such, the culture, social organization, customs and values of the people have changed less than elsewhere.
A fine clay hairstyle of a Dassanech man before it is decorated with natural pigments.The Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia is one of the least accessible and least developed parts of East Africa.As such, the culture, social organization, customs and values of the people have changed less than elsewhere.
The Karo excel in body art. Before dances and ceremonial occasions, they decorate their faces and torsos elaborately using local white chalk, pulverised rock and other natural pigments. Young men like their hair braided in striking styles.The Karo are a small tribe living in three main villages along the lower reaches of the Omo River in southwest Ethiopia.
A Dassanech man stands on one leg in typical pose while looking after his familys cattle in the Omo Delta, one of the largest inland deltas in the world. The extensive scarification on his chest and shoulders denotes that he has killed an enemy.They practice animal husbandry and fishing as well as agriculture.
A Dassanech woman takes grain from her familys grain store situated on a bank of the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia.The villagers food reserves are kept high off the ground in semi circular granaries in case of flooding.
In the late afternoon, a group of Dassanech children wave to passing visitors along a bank of the Omo River in Southwest Ethiopia.The Dassanech speak a language of Eastern Cushitic origin.They live in the Omo Delta and they practice animal husbandry and fishing as well as agriculture.
A Dassanech elder wearing a traditional clay hairdo, topped with ostrich feathers. His broad beaded necklace is unusual for its size but his five brass earrings are a common decoration of both men and women.The Dassanech people live in the Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia, one of the largest inland deltas in the world.
A Dassanech girl braids her sister's hair at her village in the Omo Delta. Much the largest of the tribes in the Omo Valley numbering around 50,000,the Dassanech (also known as the Galeb,Changila or Merille) and Nilotic pastoralists and agriculturalists.

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