Tsamay man and his cows - Ethiopia

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Tsamay man and his cows - Ethiopia

Also known as Tsemako or Tsamay, the Tsemay belong to the lowland east Cushitic family in which the Dassanatch and the Arbore are also part.
Tsemay live as agro pastoralist and are only 10,000 people. Their neighbors include the Konso to the east, the Bana - Bashada group to the west, the Male to the north, and the Arbore to the south.
The Tsemay society does not have a custom, which emphasizes on the availability of girls virginity until their official day of mariage but their culture strictly prohibits the girls from bearing a child out of this relation.
Excepting their honeymoon time, Tsemay couples do not eat together at home from the same plate for the whole of their life.
The traditional costume of the Tsemay women involves a leather outfit. While married women's leather apron is wide and can cover both sides of the legs, that of the unmarried is a short skirt with a long v-shaped leather apron which is only enough to cover the backs of the legs.

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