Portrait of a Kara child at sunrise (Omo Valley, Ethiopia).
The Kara tribe is among the smallest ethnic groups in the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia. They live in villages along the eastern bank of the Omo River.
Their population is estimated between one thousand and five thousand people. They speak a South Omotic language and are related to the Hamar and Banna peoples.
They were once pastoralists but now practice flood retreat agriculture after losing livestock to disease and tsetse flies.
Crops include sorghum, maize, beans, greens and pumpkins.
Young unmarried men also fish with long spears as part of a ritual practice.
The Kara are known for elaborate body and face painting with natural pigments and for scarification, which has different meanings for men and women. Hairstyles are symbolic and often decorated with clay, feathers and beads.
A major rite of passage is the bull jumping ceremony marking the transition to manhood.
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