Plemię Suri z Etiopii

Face-paint covers this Suri girl's face as she holds onto a delicate bouquet. OMO VALLEY, ETHIOPIA: MEET THE tribe who don flowers and face-paint for tourists in a bid to survive amidst rising violence and land wars. One image shows two Suri boys stood together wearing red floral headdresses and dotted face-paint whilst holding onto lush green bouquets. In another photograph, the arms and torso of a Suri child are covered in an orange and white decorative paint creating a star-shaped motif that covers much of the child?s body. Business owner, Tori Bohn (56) from Bali, Indonesia, was in Ethiopia?s Omo Valley when she photographed these members of the Suri tribe over the course of three days. The Omo Valley is home to eight different tribes with a collective population of 200,000 people. Cattle raiding is a major issue for the Suri tribe and the conflict this causes with surrounding tribes results in visitors needing armed protection. War in Sudan has meant that grazing land has become less widely available increasing the sense of competition. Due to the nearby war, weapons such as AK-47 assault rifles have become quite commonplace in Suri communities ? and there is very little intervention from Ethiopian authorities. mediadrumworld.com / Tori Bohn