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Southern Ethiopia - Mursi Tribal Portraits

The Mursi tribe lives in Southern Omo Valley in Ethiopia. At the moment I would not recommend going to this tribe, unless you can visit a village that has not "profited" from tourism and is therefore more pleasant. It would be much better if tourist companies would charge travellers a certain amount to visit a village so that this could benefit the whole local community. As it stands now, you have to pay for each photo separately and this is not a good way to see the village life at all.
Mursi
Mursi		 Mursi man with gun
Mursi man with gun		 Mursi woman
Mursi woman		 Young Mursi women
Young Mursi women
Adorned
Adorned		 Adorned
Adorned		 Mursi Boy
Mursi Boy		 Mursi warrior
Mursi warrior
Mursi warrior meets tourist
Mursi warrior meets tourist		 Three Mursi women
Three Mursi women		 Mursi girl
Mursi girl		 Earrings
Earrings
Pensive
Pensive		 Corn on the head
Corn on the head		 Dots
Dots		 Young Mursi
Young Mursi
Mursi woman in front of hut
Mursi woman in front of hut		 Mursi boys
Mursi boys		 Mursi boy
Mursi boy

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Guest 20-Jul-2012 11:54
Hi,
I am an an Ethiopian who have just visited the village a week ago. The pictures are beautiful, but it was not nice to see when the tribe is depending on selling their photos for 4 and 5 birr and not showing or introducing their real culture and everyday life to visitors.
Ouri 05-Mar-2009 10:35
Hi this Ouri,
right from the Mursi tribe commenting from Jinka, i do have a good explanation why my tribe members do put a plate in their Mouth and Ear, As our grand fathers and mothers told us. a certain years back there was a fight between the Southern Sudaneese people and my tribe and my tribe lost the war several times and most of the community members by then were taken as slaves, therefore the old people ordered the young Women to Put a plate in their Moth and Ear as to make their appearance Ugly in order not to be taken as a slave, because if they are taken there will not be any one who will take care of the old people and the small ones. Then starting from that time on wards it was taken as a culture covered by a merriage case as to remember those past incidents.
For more explanation you can contact me at rawnboy2@yahoo.com
guest 25-Feb-2009 06:34
i am an ethiopian i was in south for a short time but i realy love it and this was the things that makes me to foll in love.thier are still more things that must be shown but it is so buteful. thanks for showing the butey of south.
Betty 28-Nov-2008 10:26
I am an Ethiopian. And I found this interesting and it is thier sign of beauty.
Betty
Guest 28-Nov-2008 10:26
I am an Ethiopian. And I found this interesting and it is thier sign of beauty.
mai 30-May-2008 15:45
I am a Filipina so, i really don't understand this kind of culture. Why do they need to make the lip of a woman a clay-plate when they get married?
Dani 19-Feb-2008 07:18
These pictures are amazing.
I'm only 16 but oneday I'd love to go to Ethiopia and learn more about their cultures and take wonderful photos like these.
thabang motana 05-Nov-2007 20:39
these are pretty interesting
im a black south african
we wear diesel jeans, eat take outs and drive mini coopers'!
proud to be african
like the images
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