The Bodi or Me'en is the nurture of a semi-nomadic tribe living inwards the Omo valley, almost 140 km from Jinka town, southern Ethiopia. South of the Bodi are the Mursi tribe.

Bodi people on their way to a funeral, Omo Valley,Ethiopia

The Bodi beak the Bodi linguistic communication equally a woman parent tongue, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan linguistic communication family. They are pastoralists (livestock farmers) together with agriculturalists.

Bodi Tribe Man And Cattle, Hana Mursi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Along the banks of the river, they volition grow sorghum, maize together with coffee. They alive amongst their cattle herds together with livestock plays a large purpose inwards the tribe.

Bodi tribe boy

Bodi tribe youths at Salamago

Bodi tribe adult woman at Salamago,Omo Valley,Ethiopia

The bodis are 1 of the ethnic grouping inwards Ethiopia`s Omo valley that create got refused to modify to the modern way of life together with prefers their indigenous tribal pastoral life. The bodi even thence engages inwards barter merchandise system. Bodi people inwards southward Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia walk for hours to make the weekly markets, where they central materials or purchase some.

This niggling Bodi tribe man child was going to sell some milk, together with volition come upwards dorsum amongst tobacco or honey.

Similar to the Mursi, livestock plays an of import purpose I marriage, divination, together with name-giving rituals. The Bodi classification of cattle is complex, amongst over 8 words to announce unlike colors together with patterns. Bodi apparel is simple. The women have on goatskins tied at the waist together with shoulder, piece men fasten a strip of cotton wool or bark-cloth some their waist.

Bodi tribe girl

Bodi adult woman amongst her gima stick.Hana, South Ethiopia© Eric Lafforguewww.ericlafforgue.com

Bodi women likes fashion together with they are fond of making tribal beautification marks on their bodies. These beautification marks (scarifications) comes inwards many forms equally the bearer desire it to be. They adorn their torso amongst beautiful tribal bracelets.

Pretty Bodi tribe daughter showing her tribal beautification marks

Bodi daughter amongst her tribal beautification marks

Bodi tribe grin daughter - Ethiopia

She has a fresh scarification on the arm together with is really proud of it!

Beautiful Bodi Tribe girl

Every year, they celebrate their novel year, 'Ka`el’ (Bodi New yr Celebration) betwixt June together with July, depending on the total moon, the rains. This celebration is a fighting unlike than a green novel yr celebration’s equally the tradition is to feed immature men from every Bodi village. They are fed amongst alone honey, moo-cow blood together with milk during 3-6 months (fattening process).

Bodi tribe moo-cow sacrifice - Ethiopia

To celebrate their novel yr called the Kael, the Bodi tribe inwards southward Ethiopia, Omo valley, kill a cow. They job a huge rock together with bang the head....then they opened upwards the cow, read the intestines, together with pick out the blood to quaff it...

Bodi tribe moo-cow sacrifice - Ethiopia

Kael ceremony inwards Bodi tribe - Ethiopia. Bodi men using their manus to fetch blood from the slaughtered cow`s belly to drink

Mixing moo-cow blood amongst Honey

Bodi tribe Kael ceremony - Ethiopia

The Keal ceremony is the New yr of the Bodi tribe inwards southward Ethiopia. To celebrate it, they dance, drink, sing...

To celebrate their novel yr Ka`el, the Bodi tribe inwards southward Ethiopia, kill a cow. They job a huge rock together with bang the head....then they opened upwards the cow, rip out the intestines for divination, together with pick out the blood to quaff it
The feeding on the blood mixed amongst dear together with moo-cow milk enables them to almost double their weight,which makes them cook for the competition. Contestants for this rival goes naked to brand them eligible to participate.

Fat human from Bodi tribe at Ka`el ceremony

On the rival day, the contestants together with the hamlet folks assembles at the Bode King village. Traditional bodi tribal warrior dances are performed to the please of on-lookers. After the dance, the bodies of the contestants are measured yesteryear the elders who together with then determine who is the fattest winner.

Ka`el ceremony contestants on a break

Fat contestant at a Ka`el ceremony of the Bodi tribe

Ka`el ceremony contestants

The fattest somebody is together with then declared equally the winner of the rival together with is honored amongst a corking fame inwards the bodi tribe.

Portrait of a Beautiful Bodi tribe daughter amongst tribal beautification marks

When a fellow member of Bodi tribe dies. The adult woman of the tribe hollo to the spirits together with chant of his/her expiry to pick out the soul to peace. The Bodi men perform ceremonial expiry procession together with volition piece of work along the torso of the deceased prophylactic for three days. After this, the tribe volition gather together together with swallow equally a sign of respect, together with to ensure passing into the side yesteryear side world.

The Bodi Funeral Procession

The Bodi Tribe Hairstyles

Bodi tribe are the most friendlier,shy together with accommodating people. Amongst the tribes inwards Ethiopia`s Omo Valley, Bodi are really create got really beautiful women whiles their men tend to endure really fatty amongst large feets.

The Bodi create got a natural flair for fashion together with they create got 1 of the most various magnificent hairstyles (hair-cut) amid the indigenous tribes inwards Omo Valley.

Bodi daughter amongst a beautiful hairstyle

An indigenous Bodi woman, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Bodi Tribe man

A daughter from the Bodi Tribe inwards the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia. | © Boaz Rottem

Bodi tribe youth amongst a tribal Bodi hair-cut style

Pretty daughter from Bodi tribe amongst a braided hairstyle

Bodi Tribe girl

Bodi tribe man child amongst tribal hair-cut, Hana Mursi Ethiopia

Original Bodi women hairstyle

Bodi tribe man, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

The Bodi Tribe Hairstyle

Bodi man`s hairstyle

Bodi girl

Awesome hairstyle

Bodi Tribe Man Drinking Milk, Hana Mursi, Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Bodi tribe people threatened yesteryear the Ethiopian Government
Plantations are built together with made possible yesteryear the province grabbing leaded yesteryear the Ethiopian Authority similar inwards Hana Mursi or Koka villages; to accomplish its goals, Ethiopian authorities planned to flame local population towards settlements areas inwards novel villages; the Omo Valley houses multiple unlike tribes similar Hamer, Mursi, Nyangatom, Bodi, Suri, Karo, Dassanech, Bana, Tsamay, Erbore, Menit amongst rich together with principal lifestyle together with practices; these tribes are threaten yesteryear the regular army into giving upwards the province where their ancestors lived together with abandoned their traditional lifestyle; some tribes create got surrounded together with accepted to movement inwards the settlement areas; others turn down to larn out those fertile lands together with drib their civilization together with traditions, they came into resistance amongst their express agency at their disposal,; the authorities allocates those lands to unusual companies (Malaysian, Saudis, Indians…) who all rent province at the paltry terms of 1 euro per hectare a year; this governmental exercise is seen yesteryear the opponents equally the final result of a corruption system; the lifestyle of the local tribes are endangered, they depend on the crops together with their cattle; without province to graze for their cows, inwards the settlement area, they volition human face upwards the inherent problems of urban life (aids, disease, alcohol, loss of social reference); the province of affairs is worrying equally the increase inwards acts of intimidation (arbitrary imprisonment, threats) together with murders inwards the area.