The Karo Tribe are a Nilotic ethnic group in Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia famous for their body painting. They live along the east banks of the Omo River in southern Ethiopia and practice flood retreat cultivation. They paint themselves daily with coloured ochre, white chalk, yellow mineral rock, charcoal, and pulverized iron ore, all natural resources local to the area


3 girls from the Karo Tribe adorned in beads
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2 boys pose in front of the Omo River
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The elder wife in the Karo Tribe
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A man on his way hunting in the Karo Tribe
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The scars and lacerations are highly esteemed marks of valor.
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