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| Gold stories | | 10-6.Omo Valley | | Brent Stirton(South Africa) Getty Images | |
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An image of a Karo warrior in the Omo Valley, South West Ethiopia. His
scarification is a means of tribal acknowledgment that he has killed many
enemies on battle. The un
ique, 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. | |
