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The last primitive tribes in Ethiopia: Hamer and Mursi.

Driving a Geely car, self-driving along the Omo River Valley to explore the last primitive tribe in Ethiopia, the last primitive tribe on the African continent, the Hamer tribe located in the Omo River Valley in southern Ethiopia in East Africa. The women of the Hamer tribe are the most beautiful women in the tribe. Most of them are bare-chested, wrapped in a cowhide or sheepskin as a skirt, with their hair braided into countless small braids, and their bodies and hair coated with a mixture of butter and mud, shiny brown, like the effect European women achieve by spending all day in a tanning salon. The women are adorned with necklaces made of shells and beads, which are striking against their brown skin. Most of them have delicate features and elegant temperament, always standing quietly in the distance watching you, with calm and gentle eyes, without the wildness and provocation of other tribes. The Hamer tribe is a polygamous society, and the marital status and family status can be distinguished by the necklaces worn by women. Married women wear two thick necklaces, and the bottom one has a wooden beam head and can only be worn by the first wife, who has a higher status than other women in the family.
*Created by local travelers and translated by TripGenie.
Posted: Feb 6, 2023
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