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Menit tribe man - Omo Ethiopia

Tum (or Toum) is a little village only 20 km from Turgit Surma village, but you won't find any Surma people there. The market is full of Menit and Dizzi tribe people.

I insisted to come early in the morning and had to wait until 12 to see the first people coming!

I was the only white man around, and it was a big event for them to see me trying to hang a black background on the trees!

Taking a picture of Menite man is a serious thing. They want to see the camera screen as they know you'll be thousands to see him on Flickr! Perhaps i've got too much imagination sometimes!

 

© Eric Lafforgue

www.ericlafforgue.com

 

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Uploaded on August 31, 2010
Taken on July 3, 2010