A Hamar bride-to-be takes off her fiancé's bark headband and hangs it in a tree during the couple's betrothal ceremony

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A Hamar bride-to-be takes off her fiancé's bark headband and hangs it in a tree during the couple's betrothal ceremony, in South Omo, Ethiopia, in October, 2006. The ceremony is supervised by the young man's uncle. The 40,000-strong, cattle-herding Hamar are among the largest of the 20 or so ethnic groups which inhabit the culturally diverse South Omo region in south-west Ethiopia.

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Size: 5596px × 3715px
Location: South Omo, Ethiopia, East Africa
Photo credit: © Anders Ryman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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