A tribeswoman gets her face painted before the beginning of the bull-jumping ceremony.
Tag: Africa
Mother and Child, Hammer Bull Jumping Ceremony, South Ethiopia.
Checking the Mirror, Southern Ethiopia, November 2007
A Hamer tribeswoman checks out her reflection in the mirror of an NGO vehicle parked at a roadside stop.
At the Kitchen, Southern Ethiopia, November 2007
This kitchen was really absurdly slow, but had an interesting cast of characters moving by it.
Shop Cat, Southern Ethiopia, November 2007
This engaging little cat was greeting passerby in front of its shop.
Gourd, Southern Ethiopia, November 2007
Gourds are used for all manner of storage in Southern Ethiopia, and almost everyone
carries one with them for water or local beer.
Starling, Southern Ethiopia, November 2007
A Blue-Eared Glossy Starling (?) in the rafters of an outdoor eating area.
Stilt, Lake Ziway, Ethiopia, November 2007
Entrance, Bete Medhane Alem, Lalibela, Woldia, Ethiopia, October 2007
Looking from the original ground level down to the walkway-level entrance to Bete Medhane Alem (‘Church of the Medicine of the World,’ a name for Christ), the largest church in Lalibela. The pillars have been partially restored with quarried stone.
Priest and Crosses, Abba Libanos Church, Lalibela, Woldia, Ethiopia, October 2007
Lalibela, envisioned as a second, African, Jerusalem, is a pilgrimage site in Ethiopia, site of churches cut out of the living rock, and home to a great multitude of priests and deacons, who manage the churches, conduct services, and give tours.
This priest is showing off processional crosses from the treasury of his church.