South Ethiopia Tours

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South Ethiopia Tours – Omo Valley Tribes | Rift Valley Lakes | Cultural Attraction

The tribes that live in the lower Omo Valley are believed to be among the most fascinating on the continent of Africa and around the world.   A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Lower Omo Valley contains two national parks and is home to approximately 200,000 agro-pastoralists made up of some of Africa’s most unique and traditional ethnic groups, including the Mursi, Bodi, Suri, Karo, Nyagatom, Hamar and Dassenach, among others.

Ethiopia is home to a number of diverse and interesting ethnic groups who follow their own distinct lifestyles, customs, traditions, beliefs and rituals. The lower Omo Valley of southern Ethiopia is home to some of the world’s last unchanged cultural groups. The indigenous people of the Omo Valley lead lives so unaffected by the outside world, and what they do need they get from nature.

Ethiopia, like many other African countries, is a multi-ethnic state. Many distinctions have been blurred by intermarriage over the years but many also remain. The differences may be observed in the number of languages spoken – an astonishing 83, falling into four main language groups: Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic and Nilo-Saharan. There are  200 different dialects.

With many of them oblivious to the existence of the outside world until relatively recently, we are still learning about them and their traditions. Discover fascinating cultures of Omo Valley tribes in Ethiopia. 

The Hamar people are some of the most well-known tribes from the Omo Valley. They live along the eastern territory of the Omo River in villages called Turmi and Dimeka.

Bull – Jumping: one of their most important and famous cultural traditions is the leaping ceremony that is a rite of passage for young Hamar boys into adulthood. The young lad is required to jump over bulls as the entire village cheers him on.

Body Art: Some tribe men and women cover themselves in body paints, as if their hands were brushes and their whole body a canvass.  These colorful decorations are tribal customs that are not only meant to mark or celebrate a tribal ritual or tradition but are also meant to designate position within the tribal community.

The Konso cultural landscapes are perhaps one of the few living testimonies of ancient agricultural terracing and environmental protection. Together with Tiya stele in the central part of Ethiopia,

The lower Omo and the Middle Awash valleys of archeology, Ethiopia is home of 9 UNESCO World heritage sites and 12 world literary and manuscript heritages

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