The tribe have become fairly used to visitors and are happy to pose. OMO VALLEY, ETHIOPIA: MEET THE tribe who used to THROW children born out of wedlo
The tribe have become fairly used to visitors and are happy to pose. OMO VALLEY, ETHIOPIA: MEET THE tribe who used to THROW children born out of wedlock into the RIVER to die. In one image, a young Kara boy stood patiently as decorative white dots were applied to his face using a white clay face paint. In another, a male elder from the tribe could be seen with white square designs covering his entire face and torso. Photographer Jan Regan from Florida, USA, was in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia, when she spent three days with the Kara tribe. There are thought to be no more than 3,000 Kara tribespeople left. The Kara people are a semi-nomadic tribe who travel along the banks of the Omo River in search of fish ? ?Kara? meaning fish in local languages ? and fertile soil to plant their crops. The tribe has a grisly history and used to practice infanticide. Any child born out of wedlock or without the approval of an elder was thrown into the Omo River or abandoned in the nearby savannah. Referred to as ?Mingi? children, these infants were thought to be cursed. The practice was forbidden in July of 2012 by the Kara people but it?s thought that some remote groups may still carry out the ritual. / Jan Regan
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