Bull jumping video
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Here is the young man in action
Here is the young man in action
The Daasenach are another of the tribes in the South Omo Valley. The village I visited close to the border with Kenya and near the town of Omorate, the administrative center of the Daasenach region.Weiterlesen
Dimeka is the administrative center for the Hamer region. It is also a market town with a good size market, especially the livestock market.
The 1st 3 picture are in the livestock market. This is theWeiterlesen
Yet another of the tribes of the South Omo Valley, the Hamer are largely pastoralists who value cattle highly. They are one of the larger tribes in the region.
They are especially well known for theirWeiterlesen
The Kara tribe is the last of the South Omo Valley tribes I'm visiting. They are about the smallest of the tribes in the region, living along the banks of the Omo River. The name, Kara refers to fish,Weiterlesen
The Konso are a large tribe living primarily in an arid region of southwest Ethiopia, and they have adapted to the climate. The traditional villages begin with a compound atop a hill. When that fills,Weiterlesen
Hawassa is the 3rd largest city in Ethiopia and largest south of Addis Ababa. It lies in the Great Rift Valley along the eastern shore of Lake Awasa. Hawassa had been the capital of the entireWeiterlesen
Bale Mountains National Park (BMNP) lies in the southern Highlands of Ethiopia. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for it's scenery, environment and as a water catchment area supplying water toWeiterlesen
The Sanetti plateau is the 4th ecotype zone at Bale Mountains National Park (see another post). The 1st thing that makes the place unique is that it is about the largest area afro-tundra anywhere.Weiterlesen
This is the 5th ecotype in Bale Mountains National Park. We go from afro-tundra at the top of the escarpment to rain forest at the bottom. The Harenna forest is a rain forest, the 5th ecotype. It isWeiterlesen