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Washare from the Hamer tribe in Logara, near Turmi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia (16882803797)
Alfred Weidinger from Vienna, Austria
2015-04-01
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- Washare from the Hamer tribe in Logara, near Turmi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia
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About this work
Hamer are one of the most known tribes in southwestern Ethiopia. They inhabit the territory east of the Omo river and have villages in Turmi and Dimeka. They are a semi-nomadic, pastoral people, numbering about 40,000. There is a division of labour in terms of sex and age. The women and girls grow crops (the staple is sorghum, alongside beans, maize and pumpkins). They’re also responsible for collecting water, doing the cooking and looking after the children – who start helping the family by herding the goats from around the age of eight. The Hamar only marry members of their own tribe, but they have nothing against borrowing – songs, hairstyles, even names – from other tribes in the valley like the Nyangatom and the Dassanech. Girls tend to marry at about 17.
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