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Maale People in south omo Valley
The Hamer People
The Hamar occupy a mountainous region in the eastern part of the lower Omo Valley. Their name is also spelled Hamer. The “Jumping the bull” ceremony is the most spectacular rite of passage in Southern Ethiopia. This ceremony marks the initiation of young men in to adult hood. The main players are the initiates, those who are going to jump the bulls and the maz, those recently initiated who have already undergone this rite.
The initiate boys are required to jump in to the backs of formidable obstacle jump down on to the other side and then repeat the entire procedure on the day after the “jumping the bull” ceremony, women gather together, beautifully attired in their bedded skins and iron jeweler. Hammer women wear their hair in dense ringlets smeared with mud and clarified butter4 and topped off with a head featuring oblongs of gleaming aluminum courtship daces follow and continue for the following two days and night.
‘Netchesar’ National Park
In addition to the stunning mountains & lakes, this park protects 84 species of unusual mammals including bushbuck, bushbig, Anabas 
baboon, velvet & colobus monkey, swayne's hartebeast, bushel's Zebra, African wild dog, greater kudu, gent eat, didk-dik jackal, crocodile and hippopotamus and many more! Moreover, there are 88 bird species to be spotted in the park. During a one day tour including a boat trip in one of the Rift Valley lakes, Lake Chamo a vast allay of wildlife can be seen living peacefully in their own habitats.
Sof Omar Cave
sof omar is 120km east from Goba is one of the most spectacular and extensive cavern in the world. Created by the Weib River in the limestone rock, the caves are extraordinary natural phenomena on a place of breath taking beauty. Great caverns have been carved out of the rock creating soaring underground chambers.
The cave, now an important shrine named after the saintly Sheikh Sof Omar, have a religious history that predates the arrival of the Muslim in Bale- a history calibrated in thousands not hundreds, of years.
Arba Minch
Arba Minch means ‘Forty Springs’. It is the former capital city of the defunct Gamo- Gofar province.
Dassanech Tribe
This is the most southerly of the tribes who live in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley only 28km from the Kenya border. They live in small huts made from sticks, corrugated iron & animal hide. The men and a few of the women carry around guns for protection against hyenas at night.
The Rift Valley
The Rift Valley can be seen from outer space. On its north eastern side you can fine the ‘Dankil Depression’ It is one of the lowest points on the earth at 116m below sea level, and by far THE hottest place on earth. However the Rift Valley also hosts Ethiopia’s second highest peak in the Bale mountains at 4373m above sea level on its south eastern side.
Konso Karo
Konso Region Konso is located 90 km from Arbaminch with isolated region of the basalt hills. The Konso tribe make the most of the hard, rocky slopes that characterize their relatively dry and infertile homeland. You can visit the old village of Mecheke which is an excellent example of a traditional Konso village. You can see over 800 years of history when you see the wagas, memorial statues to a dead man who has killed an enemy or an animal.
Omo National Park
Are you a bird watcher? If so, this is by far your ultimate dream. Omo National Park is home to over 318 species of bird, one of which 
includes the rare black-winged lovebird. This is undoubtedly the most remote and unspoiled of all the Ethiopian National Parks and it is also the largest at 4,068 square kilometers.
The ‘Dorze’ tribe
The ‘Dorze’ tribe reside in Chencha, approximately 3000m above sea level. These divine & loving people are renowned for their weaving. Their houses are tall beehive-shaped dwellings and are among the most distinct traditional structures to be seen anywhere in Africa.
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