Ethiopia

Pictures

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Ethiopia Dasanegh 9

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Ethiopia Mursi 4

The lip plates made from red or black mud or wood are produced into different sizes by the Mursi women themselves The shape varies from circular to trapezoidal some of them being hollow centered and with decorative incisions

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Rural Ethiopia

Non formal and Alternative Basic Education Centers offer rural and pastoral children an opportunity to gain an education

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Miss ethiopia

Ferehiyewot Abebe Miss Ethiopia Universe 2004 from Adis Abbaba poses for a portrait in Quito Ecuador at the JW Marriott Hotel as part of her registration process on May 14 2004 She will compete for the title of Miss Universe 2004 during the LIVE NBC broadcast of the 53rd annual Miss Universe competition on June 1 2004 at 9 PM ET delayed PT ho Miss Universe L P LLLP

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Hamer gal Omo Valley Ethiopia

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Blue Nile Falls Ethiopia jpg

Blue Nile Falls Ethiopia View Smaller Image

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ethiopia tsemaiyounggal

member of the Tsemai clan Ethiopia

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Ethiopia Bashada tribe 11

Bashada can hardly be distinguished from the Hamar They look the same live in the same region speak a similar language produce the same products keep the same cattle and visit the same markets They wear the same clothes as far they wear clothes most men go naked while most women use not much more than a small leather apron which also serves as a blanket at night They do tend to wear less jewellery and cosmetic products What makes them another people is as often with very small peoples the simple fact that they cherish their own identity and that all of the surrounding peoples see them as a separate people They were given their name by their neighbors Bashada means poor The name stems from a time when they were the poorest of the region but that time has long gone They now have the largest hurds and a good reputation for their pottery which is

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Little Ethiopia LA officially recognized the Little Ethiopia area in 2002

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Food crisis in Ethiopia

Severely malnourished child at Damota Pulassa health centre in Wolayita Ethiopia Six month ago it was assisting 10 to 15 children a week now the number is up to 162 children every week Statistically for every severely malnourished child one knows about one should count 10 to 20 malnourished children one doesn t know about This means that in Damota Pulassa alone there could be as between 2000 and 4000 malnourished children for a population of 130 000 Health specialists consider this numbers very alarming Aid organizations assisting the Health Centres assist only the severly malnourished children When children are quot stabilised quot or brought to quot normal malnutrition level quot they are sent home with some food supplements and followed up in outpatient conditions Often their hungry families share the food meant to strengthen the malnourished child Communities and the Red Cross are targeting the families of malnourished children as a priority Photo José Cendon IFRC p17873 To find out more go to <a href= http www ifrc org what disasters recovering food security asp >www ifrc org< a>

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Ethiopia Dasanegh 7

Dasanegh girls are circumcised young at around 10 or 12 years of age If they are not circumcised a girl can t marry and her father won t receive her bride price so he has a direct interest in her going through the ordeal

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Main Street Ethiopia

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Ethiopia Lalibela

Ethiopia

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HAMAR GIRL ETHIOPIA jpg

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Portraits from Ethiopia

Dessie town Ethiopia Dec 2007

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Smile of a princess Ethiopia

Lalibela Ethiopia

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Portraits from Ethiopia

Dessie town Ethiopia Dec 2007

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Postcard from Ethiopia

Dear Flickr friends had a great time on holiday in Ethiopia Spent a few days in Addis to acclimatise to the altitude then off north to Lalibela Axum Gondar and Bahar Dar up on lake Tana the source of the Nile Had a fabulous time and it really reminded me of why I got back into photography after a few years of point and shoot Will try not to bore you too much with the snaps have lots to sort through Looking forward to catching up with your streams Jon

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Ethiopia People

Ethiopia November 2006

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