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Ray of light going inside a house, Omo valley, Jinka, Ethiopia , Camera: Sony A7r2 , f5.0 , 1/100 , 24.0 mm , ISO 1600 , © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com
Un hombre mursi posa intencionadamente inexpresivo para una foto por la que recibirá un dinero. Desgraciadamente ese dinero está produciendo cambios negativos en su comunidad por la introducción de costumbres y consumos (como el alcohol) ajenos a sus tradiciones.
Según Survival “imponer el desarrollo o el progreso a los pueblos indígenas no les hace ni más felices ni más saludables. De hecho, los efectos son desastrosos. Lo más importante para el bienestar de los pueblos indígenas, es que sus derechos territoriales sean respetados”.
En concreto, los mursi temen ser expulsados de sus tierras ancestrales en nombre de la conservación. En septiembre de 2005, la Fundación de Parques Africanos (FPA) organización privada sin ánimo de lucro con sede en los Países Bajos, firmó un acuerdo con el Gobierno etíope para dirigir el parque nacional de Omo, hogar de los mursi.
Esta fundación, siempre según Survival, se ha negado constantemente a reconocer y garantizar los derechos territoriales de los mursi, alegando que no puede "interferir" en la política de un "gobierno soberano".
Bull jumping ceremony, a great tradition in the Horn of Africa. Before the jumping, women stand singing waiting for a man whipping them. And the more scars they have, the more beautiful they feel.
Rebuscando en el disco duro he encontrado esta foto de una mujer mursi tomada el año pasado en Etiopía. Estaba casi apoyada en el tronco de un árbol y las texturas del árbol descentraban mucho la vista, así que me he armado de paciencia para darle un fondo negro.
Los mursi viven en Etiopía a unos 100 km de la frontera con Kenia. Del conjunto de etnias de la zona, son los más conocidos en todo el mundo, no sólo por el hecho de ser bastante belicosos con sus vecinos, especialmente después de la introducción de armas en la zona, sino, sobre todo, por los platillos de cerámica o madera que las mujeres se insertan en el labio inferior o en la oreja.
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Village visits in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia are like nothing I’d experienced before!
The region is still tribal, and each ethnic group maintains its own customs. The Arbore number less than 7,000, divided across four villages along the Weito (Weyto or Woito) River. Their funeral and marriage ceremonies date back generations, as do their customs of dress, and practices of day-to-day living.
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Ethiopia, Omo Valley ~ 2010
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The Omo Valley is home to many ethnic groups. The pastoral Cushitic Arbore are considered a peaceful and cooperative people.
Most men carry a wooden headrest which doubles as a stool.
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As an elder of the Karo, Biwa is respected and well adorned as a warrior, carrying rows of scarification representing the enemies he killed in battle. Biwa even fought the Mursi, who are said to be some of the most fierce warriors in Africa, and threw them out of the land his tribe now occupies. There are only around 1000-1500 Karo, these are the only surviving keepers a language, culture and complex belief system. The Karo are the most endangered tribe of the Omo Valley.
Biwa is a lot different from most of his brothers. He carries himself differently, and seems to always have this warm presence about him. He loves to sing and dance at night, and when he walks through the village the children chant “Biwa! Biwa! Biwa!”
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It’s a long drive from Arba Minch to Turmi in the Omo Valley. We stop en route to watch as people go about their daily lives.
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Omo valley, Ethiopia
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One of the main Surma / Suri customs is stick fighting. This ritual and sport is called Donga or Sagenai (Saginay). Donga is both the name of the sport and the stick, whereas sagenai is the name of the stick-fighting session. Stick fighting is central in Suri culture. In most cases, stick fighting is a way for warriors to find girlfriends, it can also be a way to settle conflicts. On this occasion men show their courage, their virility and their resistance to pain, to the young women. The fights are held between Suri villages, and begin with 20 to 30 people on each side, and can end up with hundreds of warriors involved. Suri are famous for stick fighting, but they are not the only ones to respect such a custom, as the neighbor tribe, the Mursi, also practice these traditional fights. The day before the sagenai, fighters have to purge themselves. They do it by drinking a special preparation, called dokai, which is made of the bark of a special tree, which is mixed with water. After taking it, warriors make themselves vomiting the drink. The water is supposed to bring with it many of the body’s impurities. After this ritual they don’t eat until the following morning. Warriors walk kilometers to come fighting at Sagenai, which takes place in a clearing. They stop when crossing a river in order to wash themselves, before decorating their bodies for the fight. They decorate themselves by sliding the fingers full of clay on the warrior’s bodies. This dressing up and decoration is meant to show their beauty and virility and thus catch the women’s attention. The phallic shape ending the sticks contributes to that virile demonstration. Fighters arrive on the Donga field all together, carrying the strongest man,dancing and singing. Some fighters wear colourful headdresses sometimes with feathers on it, and also knee-protectors. But most of them use no protection at all and fight completely naked in order to show their bravery. They also wear strings of decorative coloured beads around their necks given by the girls and waist, but their genitals are most of the time uncovered and they are barefoot. All of them get a chance to fight one on one, against someone from the other side. In the beginning each fighter looks for an opponent of the same stature, and exchanges a few held back blows with him in order to test him. If both fighters feel they have found a match, they suddendly throw themselves into the fight, hitting ferocious fast strokes with their sticks. If one of the warriors knocked out or puts paid to his opponent, he immediately declares himself the winner. Sagenai consists in qualifying rounds, each winner fighting the winner of a previous fight, until two finalists are left. It is strictly forbidden to hit a man when he is down on the ground. During these fights there are referees present to make sure all rules are being followed. Many stick fights end within the first couple of hits. Nevertheless the fights are really violent, and it is quite usual to see men bleeding. Stick fighting has proven to be dangerous because people have died from being hit in the stomach. Loosing an eye or a leg during the fight is quite common, although it is strictly forbidden for a fighter to kill his opponent, and if a fighter gets killed during the fight, his opponent and all his family are banned from the village for life. For the other locals, especially teenagers, sagenai is a great outing. Girls watch the fights, but it is also the occasion to check out the men, and to meet in order to chat or even gossip. At the end of the fights, the winners point their phallic sticks in direction of the girls they want to date with, if the girl put a necklace around the stick, it means she is willing to date the champion.
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Ethiopia, a bull jumping ceremony near Turmi, Lower Omo Valley.
The bull-jumping ceremony is conducted by several tribes in the area of the Lower Omo Valley. It is probably the most important ceremony in a tribal man’s life. Each naked boy taking part undergoes a number of rituals before leaping down the line of bulls jumping from back to back. If the boys succeed, they are men in the eyes of the tribe. If they fall, they are whipped by the women. At the ceremony young female relatives of the boys beg to be whipped.
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I Mursi
I Mursi sono circa 6.500 e sono tendenzialmente nomadi, dediti soprattutto alla pastorizia, culturalmente e linguisticamente simili ai Surma. Sono i più fotografati tra le tribù dell’Omo. Come per molte altre tribù, anche i Mursi includono nella fattura delle loro vesti vari materiali animali come piume e ossa. Dopo aver raggiunto la pubertà, secondo la tradizione le giovani donne inseriscono un piattino di legno o di argilla nal labbro inferiore. Dopo aver fatto una piccola incisione, sostituiscono dischi di grandezza crescente per espandere il labbro. La stessa procedura è dedicata ai lobi dell’orecchio. Le donne Mursi si fanno delle cicatrici come ornamento, le cosidette scarificazioni. Così come per altre tribù, sopportare il dolore senza lamentarsi viene considerato un segno di forza. I braccialetti sono estremamente variabili in grandezza e forma e rappresentano lo stato sociale della donna.
The Mursi are about 6,500 and they are basically nomadic, devoted mainly farmers, culturally and linguistically similar to the Surma. They are the most photographed between the Omo tribes. As with many other tribes, Mursi also include the invoice of their garments various animal materials such as feathers and bones. After reaching puberty, according to tradition, young women entering a wooden saucer or nal lower lip clay. After making a small incision, replace discs of increasing size to expand the lip. The same procedure is devoted to the ear lobes. The Mursi women are scars as decoration, the so-called scarification. As with other tribes, endure pain without complaining is considered a sign of strength. The bracelets are extremely variable in size and shape and represent the social status of women.