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This is Teri, a young girl from the Hamar tribe.
Teri is not yet married, evident as she does not support the hairstyle of little dreadlocks of a married woman. Wife beating is an accepted part of life rather than a taboo, and the convention is that a man will not generally tell his wife why she is being whipped. On the other hand, if a beating is severe then family or neighbours will step in. After the couple have had two or three children, the beating stops.
Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia, 2013.
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This is Teri, a young girl from the Hamar tribe.
Teri is not yet married, evident as she does not support the hairstyle of little dreadlocks of a married woman. Wife beating is an accepted part of life rather than a taboo, and the convention is that a man will not generally tell his wife why she is being whipped. On the other hand, if a beating is severe then family or neighbours will step in. After the couple have had two or three children, the beating stops.
Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia, 2013.
For more on the people of the Omo Valley please follow the link.