1113-97736 - Young woman from the Hamar tribe, Turmi, Omo valley, South Ethiopia, Africa

1113-97737 - Two young woman from the Hamar tribe, Turmi, Omo valley, South Ethiopia, Africa

832-370519 - Young woman from the Hamar tribe during the bull-leaping ceremony, an initiation rite, portrait, southern Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

832-369254 - Young Surma woman with body painting in the river, Kibish, Omo valley Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

832-370523 - Traditionally painted boy from the Arbore tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

832-369281 - Karo people with body paintings participating in a tribal dance ceremony, Omo river valley, Southern Ethiopia, Africa

832-369262 - Surma child with facial painting, Tulgit, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

832-369247 - Young Surma woman with traditional body painting, Kibish, Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

832-370521 - Boys of Ari tribe walking on stilts, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

832-369268 - Two Surma men with facial and body paintings in the river, Kibish, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

832-369253 - Young Surma woman with body painting in front of the river, Kibish, Omo valley Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

832-369244 - Nyangatom, Bumi, tribal dance ceremony, Omo river Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

832-372478 - Arbore people, Arbore, Lower Omo Valley, South Ethiopia, Africa

832-369249 - Young Surma woman with traditional body painting, Kibish, Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-56 - Before the Donga stick fight, the Surma warriors apply a body paint made of clay and mineral on their bodies, Surma tribe, Tulgit, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-57 - Surma man with body paintings on his back, Tulgit, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-54 - Donga stick fighters, Surma tribe, Tulgit, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-52 - Surma boy with body paintings, Kibish, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-49 - Nyangatom (Bumi) tribal dance ceremony, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-60 - Pregnant Hamar woman with necklaces made of cowry shells coming out of her wooden hut, Omo River Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Africa

1131-48 - Nyangatom (Bumi) tribal dance ceremony, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-61 - Young Hamar woman with facial paintings, colorful necklaces and head adornment, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-62 - Young Hamar woman with red clay in her hair and with scars and marks of being whipped on her back, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-64 - Karo people with body paintings participating in a tribal dance ceremony, Omo River Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Africa

1131-55 - Before the Donga stick fight, the Surma warriors apply a body paint made of clay and mineral on their bodies, Surma tribe, Tulgit, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-51 - Portrait of two Surma boys with body paintings, Kibish, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-59 - Surma child with body paintings, Tulgit, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-47 - Nyangatom (Bumi) tribal dance ceremony, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-53 - Donga stick fighters, Surma tribe, Tulgit, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-65 - Karo people with body paintings participating in a tribal dance ceremony, Omo River Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Africa

1131-50 - Young Surma woman with body paintings in the river, Kibish, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-58 - Two Surma men with scarification, Tulgit, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

1131-63 - Portrait of a Karo man with facial paintings, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

851-233 - Traditional huts, Omo region, Chencha, Dorze, Ethiopia, Africa

851-232 - Traditional huts, Omo region, Chencha, Dorze, Ethiopia, Africa

857-48978 - The Bull Jumping Ceremony is conducted by several tribes in the Lower Omo Valley and is the most important ceremony in a tribal man's life.The ceremony is about hierarchy and membership in the tribe and typically involves a young man who undergoes a number of rituals before he leaps onto and runs rapidly over a series of cattle held by other men who have recently bull-jumped. Once the jumping is completed, the bull-jumper is a man in the eyes of the tribe. An important part of the ceremony is a ritualistic whipping, which women actively seek out from certain men known as Mazha. Dimeka, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2010

857-48937 - Hamar women are known for practice of body adornment and roll their locks with fat and red ochre (assile) and than twist them into crimson-colored dreads called Goscha, a style that men find attractive. Dimeka, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2010

857-48626 - One of the most important Orthodox holidays in Ethiopia is Timkat. It is a three day celebration. It reminds the people of John the Baptists blessing of Christ in the River Jordan. Salamago district, South Ethiopia, Omo Valley, 2010

772-2758 - Young Mursi woman, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

772-2771 - Karo people in the village of Kolcho, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

772-2753 - Karo person in the village of Kolcho, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

772-2751 - Young Mursi woman, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

772-2750 - Karo woman, village of Kolcho, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

816-1543 - Young warriors of the Hamer tribe waiting for the Jumping of the Bull ceremony, Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

816-1536 - Local Mursi of the tribe of the Mursis, Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

816-1540 - Young girl from the Karo tribe, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

816-1545 - Friendly young Hamer woman, Jumping of the Bull ceremony, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

816-1542 - Young Hamer boy running above bulls to become a full adult, Jumping of the Bull ceremony, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

816-1544 - Bleeding Hamer woman after being whipped, Jumping of the Bull ceremony, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

816-1532 - Traditional houses of the Danasech tribe, Oromote, Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

816-1566 - Cattle at the Omo River, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

816-1537 - Mursi warrior, Omo valley, Ethiopia, Africa

819-13 - Hamer boy attending at bull jumping ceremony near Turmi, Omo region, Ethiopia, Africa

816-44 - Two men from the Hamer tribe preparing for the Jumping of the Bull ceremony, Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

819-11 - Close-up of bead necklaces of a Hamer woman, Turmi, Omo region, Ethiopia, Africa

816-43 - Traditional Mursi woman with lip plates, Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

581-2240 - Young girl with henna in hair and wearing beads and nail, Omo camp, Murulle, Ethiopia, Africa

252-10926 - Portrait of a young Hamer woman with goscha (ochre and resin hair tresses), Hamer Tribe, Lower Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Africa

252-10927 - Portrait of a Hamer woman with goscha (ochre and resin hair tresses), Hamer Tribe, Lower Omo Valley, southern area, Ethiopia, Africa

252-10931 - Portrait of a Karo tribesman with facial decoration in chalk imitating the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-10932 - Portrait of a Karo tribesman with facial decoration in chalk imitating the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-10933 - Portrait of a Mursi woman with clay lip plate, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-10934 - Portait of a Mursi girl with clay lip plate, and hairstyle that indicates she is going through puberty,The Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-10935 - Portrait of a Mursi woman with clay lip plate, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-10936 - Mursi woman with clay lip plate, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-10937 - Mursi tribesman, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11025 - Women of the Hamer tribe, their hair treated with ochre, water and resin and twisted into tresses known as goscha, Lower Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11031 - Three Karo tribesmen with face and body decoration in chalk, imitating the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Omo river, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11032 - Karo tribesmen with face and body painting imitating the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Omo river, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11045 - Children of the Hamer tribe with face and body paint, Lower Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11046 - Hamer tribe, Lower Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11047 - Portrait of a woman of the Hamer tribe, her hair treated with ochre, water and resin and twisted into tresses known as goscha, Lower Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Africa

252-11076 - Portrait of a Mursi woman with clay lip plate, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11079 - Mursi woman with clay lip plate, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11083 - Mursi woman with clay lip plate, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11084 - Portrait of a Mursi woman with clay lip plate, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11063 - Portrait of a Karo girl, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11067 - Portrait of three Karo tribesmen with faces and bodies painted with chalk imitating the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Omo river, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11069 - Portrait of a Karo tribesman, with face and body painted with chalk to represent the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Omo river, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11071 - Portrait of a Karo tribesman with facial decoration imitating the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Omo River, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

312-2431 - Hamer (Hamar) people walking along road, Turmi, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11051 - Portrait of a girl of the Galeb tribe, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11033 - Hamer tribe, Lower Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

252-10929 - Portrait of a Hamer tribesman with ornate hairstyle of ochre and resin, Hamer Tribe, Turmi, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11050 - Hamer tribesman, Lower Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

312-2434 - Hamer (Hamar) people walking back from bull jumping ceremony,Turmi, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11138 - Mother and baby of the Hamer tribe, the woman's hair is treated with ochre, water and resin then twisted into tresses called goscha, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-10928 - A group of Hamer women with goscha (ochre and resin hair tresses), Hamer Tribe, Lower Omo Valley, southern area, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11023 - Portrait of three young women of the Hamer tribe, their hair treated with ochre, water and resin and twisted into tresses known as goscha, Lower Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11024 - People of the Hamer tribe, the woman's hair treated with ochre, water and resin and twisted into tresses known as goscha, Lower Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11026 - Lone tree in the landscape near the Omo river in southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11027 - Lone tree in the landscape near the Omo river in southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11029 - Omo River, Lower Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11049 - Hamer tribe, Lower Omo Valley, southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11080 - Mursi tribesmen with face and body decoration, Mursi Hills, Mago National Park, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11060 - Detail of a semi automatic weapon in the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11001 - Tribesman of the Hamer Tribe, subsistence agro-pastoralists, Lower Omo Valley, Turmi, Southern Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa

252-11150 - Close-up of earrings worn by a member of the Hamer Tribe, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11052 - Typical landscape with termite mounds, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

252-11054 - Termite mound, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa