Mursi People of Ethiopia (Omo Valley)

[johnleeknoefler]

Here is a great slideshow by Life Magazine
http://www.life.com/hdgallery/35332/...tribes#index/0

A tourist's blog of the Journey to Omo valley and the visit to the Mursi tribe
http://vive-rie-ama.blogspot.com/201...i-village.html

The Reality of The Mursi Tribe

The Mursi Myth - Ethiopia's Indigenous People

August 7‚ 2008

One of the most well known tribes in Southern Ethiopia, the Mursi have become a cultural symbol of the Lower Omo Valley. Images of their iconic lip plates and colourful dress are plastered all over vacation brochures to lure hordes of snap-happy tourists every year. But, with some tour companies falsely claiming to have Mursi speaking guides, tourists are being fed a meal of misinformation.

One of the most well known tribes in Southern Ethiopia, the Mursi have become a cultural symbol of the Lower Omo Valley. Images of their iconic lip plates and colourful dress are plastered all over vacation brochures to lure hordes of snap-happy tourists every year. But, with some tour companies falsely claiming to have Mursi speaking guides, tourists are being fed a meal of misinformation.

Shauna LaTosky, a BC-based PhD student in cultural anthropology, has been studying the practices and traditions of the Mursi people over the past three years. She hopes to correct some of the inaccuracies out there and establish a sustainable relationship between outsiders and the Mursi.

At the price of two Birr per photo (20 cents Canadian), the Mursi solicit tourists to take their pictures. Since the most exotically dressed people attract tourists’ money, it pays to get ‘creative’ with their costumes. In one photo, a woman wears a child's beaded apron like a hat (see photo above). Though it may look authentic to the untrained eye, Shauna explains that “it’s the Western equivalent of wearing a diaper on your head.” The Mursi don’t consider the look beautiful or representative of their culture, but it brings in Birr.

The photo file names are the titles and descriptions

[johnleeknoefler]

Another beautiful blog on the Karo tribe in the same valley. This one is by a professional photographer. Of course his photos are fantastic.
http://www.joeyl.com/2011/01/new-omo...ola-jan-15th/#

[johnleeknoefler]

A new book by
Hans Silvester: L'Omo People Photographs
http://www.storyculture.com/blog/han...e-photographs/

[bdjackass318]

nice boobies on a couple of them women

[johnleeknoefler]

Originally Posted by bdjackass318

nice boobies on a couple of them women