Discovery Collection: The Maze #39

Discovery Collection

Piece #39 of 100

Portrait of a "maze" preparing for the bull-jumping ceremony. Hamer are semi-nomadic, pastoral tribe inhabiting the territory east of the Omo River (Ethiopia). They have many ceremonies and the most important one is the bull-jumping. The bull-jumping is the final test before passing into adulthood and getting married. Before the jump, the women of the jumper’s family are whipped to blood to prove their courage and accompany the jumper during the test. The whipper running the bull-jumping is called maze.

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