Carved souvenirs for sale, Chencha, Dorze, Ethiopia, Africa

Traditional huts, Omo region, Chencha, Dorze, Ethiopia, Africa

Souvenirs for sale, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa

Traditional huts, Omo region, Chencha, Dorze, Ethiopia, Africa

Traditional huts, Chencha, Dorze, Ethiopia, Africa

Carved souvenirs for sale, Chencha, Dorze, Ethiopia, Africa

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