Faces of Ethiopia
(2012)
People encountered while trekking from Mekele
to Lalibela and from Lalibela to Debark.
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I particularly like the photo on the
left. I had stopped in a hamlet where I set up my camp for the night. The
people were incredibly hospitable. They all seemed very happy to see me.
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Father and son.
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In a traditional tej
(honey wine) house, in Sekota.
Butcher preparing meat for tibs in Sokota.
Prenuptial groom parade in a small town.
On one afternoon I reached a village
where there was a large market. I quickly became the main attraction and people
stopped selling and buying, just to watch me.
Priests.
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Old monk.
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Parishioners after a mass ceremony.
In Lalibela.
In rock-hewn churches.
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Market day.
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In Bahir Dar and around (Lake Tana, Blue Nile).
Child in a tankwa
(boat made from papyrus) on lake Tana.
Embarkment before crossing the Blue
Nile.
Women of Harar.
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Right: Women selling khat (a.k.a. chat)
leaves, a stimulant that produces initial euphoria, and later depression and
loss of appetite. Khat leaves are chewed by many people in Ethiopia, Somalia,
and Yemen.]
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Girls in Koremi, a small village near Harar.
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