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| Gold stories | | 10-7.Omo Valley | | Brent Stirton(South Africa) Getty Images | |
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A mursi woman on her way from one village to another stands with her parasol
while she has her portrait photographed. The lip-plate is a voluntary
beautification and the
women who choose it generally have a few versions for
different occasions. 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. | |
