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| Gold stories | | 10-4.Omo Valley | | Brent Stirton(South Africa) Getty Images | |
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Armed Karo herdsman just back from protecting their cattle herds come down to
the river to wash decorative clay markings off their bodies at the end of the
day in the Om
o Valley, South West Ethiopia. The unique, intact tribal cultures
of the remote Omo Valley are all threatened by 3 new dams which the Ethiopian
Government is building to supply hydro-electric power to Ethiopia's major
cities. The dams will reduce the flow of the Omo River to one fifth of its
volume and remove the flood plain which is so valuable to the Omo tribes for
Agrarian purposes. Mass forced migration and the break-up of these ancient
cultures is likely to be the result. | |
