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German photographer Hans Silvester has documented the Surma and Mursi people of southern Ethiopia and their creative DIY/haute couture tradition of body decoration. Arte Tribal, Tribal Art, African Tribes, African Art, African Masks, Body Art, Mursi Tribe Ethiopia, Africa People, Ethiopia People
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German photographer Hans Silvester has documented the Surma and Mursi people of southern Ethiopia and their creative DIY/haute couture tradition of body decoration.
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Africa | "Mursi warriors are marked with horseshoe- shaped scars on their bodies. Men are gashed on their right arms, whereas women are gashed on their left arms. Very successful warriors have their thighs marked. The Mursi are also very famous for their stick-fighting ceremony, the donga." | ©Image and text Jimmy Nelson Papua Nova Guiné, Jimmy Nelson, Foto Portrait, Mursi Tribe, Afrique Art, Tribal Warrior, Tribal People
Africa | "Mursi warriors are marked with horseshoe- shaped scars on their bodies. Men are gashed on their right arms, whereas women are gashed on their left arms. Very successful warriors have their thighs marked. The Mursi are also very famous for their stick-fighting ceremony, the donga." | ©Image and text Jimmy Nelson
The markings adopted by the Toposa tribe of South Sudan are among the most intricate and involve serried rows of dotted lines.  Photo credit: Eric Lafforgue Eric Lafforgue, Cultures Du Monde, World Cultures, African Countries, African Americans, African History, Art Premier
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The markings adopted by the Toposa tribe of South Sudan are among the most intricate and involve serried rows of dotted lines. Photo credit: Eric Lafforgue
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