I came back to Omorate village, on the left side of the Omo river.
Always the same old trunks to cross the river, fearing to fall in the
water with all the cameras ans lenses!...always the same dirty village
full of all kind of shits everywhere...but so nice people to meet.
Soon, there will be a bridge on Omo river, so thousands of people,
cars, trucks, will pass the Dassanech villages. I felt i saw the last
traditional times of this tribe.The Dassaneth or Geleb are living on
both sides of the Omo river.
The Dassanetch are originally nomadic pastoralists . However, despite
their dedication to cattle rearing current reality reveals that crop
cultivation on the flooded banks of the Omo river and its delta are
fundamental to their subsistence.
Omoratte market of the Dassanetch has been serving for centuries as an
important trading center of the Karo and the Geleb where the Karo head
with their own clay pots to exchange them for grain, Coffee and
ammunition.
In the Dassanetch society power is in the hands of a group of about
thirty elders called"bulls" (Ara).
The hair style of the Dassanetch men is one of the most sophisticated
in the Omo valley.
Village d'Omorate
Les Dassanetch (ou dassanech) vivient sur les deux rives du fleuve
Omo. Ils sont aussi appelés les Geleb. Ce sont des pasteurs, mais
l'agricultiure sur les rives du fleuve tend à prendre de plus en plus
d'importance pour leur survie alimentaire. le marché d'Omoratte est un
carrefour de longue date où les echanges avec les Karos sont nombreux
(poterie contre café, armes, munitions..).
Dans la societé Dassanech, le pouvoir est detenu par une trentaine de
sages appellés les Aras (les taureaux).
la coiffure des Dassanech, comme chez les karo, est tres sophistiquée.
© Eric Lafforgue
www.ericlafforgue.com
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~eloise~ 20 months ago | reply
So interesting... there are so many things I would not have imagined before discovering your work.
This Wild Ride 20 months ago | reply
She is an archetype. Beautiful.
Robert Moran. 20 months ago | reply
Amazing work! Thanks for posting your work in We, Human Beings!
great image!
Hitman_7 9 months ago | reply
Простая часовая болезнь...