South Ethiopia: Turmi Monday Hamer Tribal Market

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People travel through South Ethiopia to visit its unique tribes. The Hamer hold their weekly Monday market in Turmi. Their chance to sell, buy and socialize with friends. The Hamer use a combination of butter and ochre (an iron in soil) to make a red concoction then smeared on their bodies and hair. Scantily dressed in intricately decorated goat skins, beads and shells, they are an incredible sight.

The only drawback? You must pay about 10 cents to photograph them...and that's per click. The Hamers keep an eagle eye on how many times you press the shutter!

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• Ethiopia
• tribes
• Hamer
• adventure
• event
• culture
• travel
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• market
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• nature
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• landmark

[sunemawit]

@Zabatsion: You should be ashamed of yourself for your comment. There was nothing wrong with her question. She is a tourist for God's sake! I even woulda asked same question, cuz I have no idea if other Amharic is given as a lesson anymore.

Thanks for posting the video. I would love to see these parts of my native country. Beautiful people!!

[travelswithsheila]

@sunemawit Thank you! Ethiopia was beyond fabulous with, as I've said before, the best looking men and women every. A riot of color and energy. Thanks for taking the time to watch and...stick up for me.... Have a Happy 2011, Travels With Sheila

[Achuil09]

Thank you for posting this vidio i really in injoy it.And again thank you keep up good work.God bless you.

[travelswithsheila]

That was so nice of you to take the time to watch and am so glad you enjoyed it. We LOVED Ethiopia.

[travelswithsheila]

All I know is he was one smart little boy.

[Zabatsion]

@travelswithsheila i removed my comment you remove yours

[s1101a]

One important fact not mentioned here is that Ethiopia is an occupied country,an (US) american proxy colony call it learned men, and these racist us americans are doing lot of horrible things there, like trying to spread their dying language and culture.

[cherri7]

I would take long to anwser too, if a stranger ask if i'm going to school.