To attract more tourists, the government recently turned a large part of the Omo Valley into a giant national park, burning some villages and forcing certain tribes off their land. Among other tribes in the area are the Kara, the Bodi and the Hamar. When I was there in the late ‘90s, they had seen few white people, although now there appears to be a steady stream. They were pastoralists and lived in isolated regions that, until recently, were left alone. The Mursi were particularly sensational, with dotted body decorations and the women with enormous lip plates. When I visited the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia almost two decades ago, there were few dirt roads, and tribes lived in mud huts and were mostly naked except for spectacular body paint. With every generation, the chance to see some of the world’s last tribal people living authentically dwindles.
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