Ethiopia - Mursi tribe

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The Mursi (or Murzu) are a nomadic cattle herder ethnic group located in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia, close to the Sudanese border. The estimated population of the Mursi is 6-10,000
Surrounded by mountains between the Omo River and its tributary the Mago, the home of the Mursi is one of the most isolated regions of the country. Their neighbors include the Aari, the Banna, the Bodi, the Kara, the Kwegu, the Me'en the Nyangatom and the Suri. They are grouped together with the Me'en and Suri by the Ethiopian government under the name Surma.

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  • There should be a ban on these tourist voyerism. Leave these people alone. Every tourist visit exposes them to outside influence and destroys their culture little by little.

  • "And, the meek shall inherit the earth"... After "technological" man has poisoned his air and water suficcently, after "monetary greed" and avarice turn "modern man" one against another, After his multi-million dollar war-machines ravaged their populations and bio-weapons wreak havoc amongst the "enlightened ones"... The Mursi, and indigenous peoples like them will be what's left of humanity. God bless the indigenous peoples; they may be mankinds "fail-safe" for species perpetuation.

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  • @EmmaYoyo

    That's not protecting their culture, that's isolating and underestimate them. And that's wrong. It's only up to them what they want to do. If a person of their tribe wants to know our culture, whe te hell are we to kick him or her out?

    You are talking as if they are some kind of animals. They are human beings just like you and me.

    I think it's enough to respect them and their culture as equals. And its different from isolate them and their culture to protect some kind of pureness.

  • bam ak47! in yo face. them nigz dont play, okay!

  • Why is nobody commenting on the AK-47 machine guns they are holding at 2:43?

  • It seemed weird that they were shoving a camera into their faces like that, but I guess it's not offensive to someone who doesn't know what a camera is.

  • I loved it ❤

  • This is probably not the best place to debate as such, but if you said to someone 'I'm going to make all women to undergo painful procedures such as inserting a plate in their lips, ears and inserting lavae (I think) in their skin' you'd think 'that's abhorrent'. When you bring the word 'history' and 'culture' into it, it's acceptable. Shouldn't the people have a choice at least? I too find this video fascinating, thank you for uploading it.

  • Homo Sapiens have been around 200,000 years. For 150,000 years they roamed this land, before a small band moved out some 50,000 years ago. The motherland is a living museum of nations. Be thankful you can see real history. the Mursi comprise less than 10,000 people in a nation of 82 million people. you have been watching too much Tv. this is the mosaic of humanity, and more than 50% of its gene pool. a single epidemic can lay waste to six billion of us with our limited gene pool. learn ..

  • Does anyone else see how every tribe on earth being naked flies in the face of this original sin crap of genesis? I mean no one is ashamed to be naked in these tribes, either our tribe of whites is some evil tribe or....

  • @mrladiesman99 you sound stupid, you know how big africa is? thats like saying ima open up a shop in north america.. read a book

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