Discovery Collection: Little Chief #54

Discovery Collection

Piece #54 of 100

Portrait of a Mursi child. The Mursi people are settled in the Mago National Park (Ethiopia). Just like any other ethinic tribe in the lower valley, the men must pass a test before they can get married. A Mursi man is given a stick called a Donga and must face one opponent. The men then battle it out, beating each other with the sticks. The first fighter to submit loses.

Published by: Photographers Magazine