Hamar Cattle

Picture by Eric Lafforgue, "Cattle At a Bull Jumping Ceremony, Turmi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia".

Object views

For the love of cows
story by Sara Petrollino, Fresco Sam-Sin.
After having visited the Hamar people of Ethiopia for fourteen years now, I learnt that the Hamar do not only love their cattle and goats like family, their being, rituals, objects and language are interwoven with that of their cows.
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