Tribes in Ethiopia

A young member of the Hammer tribe having her face painted during the 'bull jumping ceremony' that takes place prior to a marriage and entails the groom jumping over seven bulls. Young women have their faces painted and in another part of the ritual women are caned by men, something that the Ethiopian government has outlawed Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

Female members of the Hammer tribe have their faces painted Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

A member of the Hammer tribe selects bulls before taking part in the 'bull jumping ceremony' as part of his marriage ritual Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

A women being caned Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

A woman cleans the welts on her back Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

Female members of the Hammer tribe hold sticks that were used to cane them Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

A boy from the Elbore tribe, who lives in southern Ethiopia near the Kenyan border, carries a small African 'dik dik' in the village of Tumi, near Jinka Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

Members of the Mursi tribe of southern Ethiopia congregating in the town of Jinka after a walk of some 40 kilometers from the bush area where they live. The Mursi are a nomadic, cattle herder tribe located in the Debub Omo Zone close to the border with Sudan and have an estimated population of six to ten thousand. The Mursi have their own language and few are familiar with Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

A woman from the Mursi tribe with a plate in her lower lip. The lip discs are made of clay and girls are pierced at the age of 15 or 16 Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

Two men from the Mursi tribe Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

A boy who belongs to the Mursi tribe cradles his Kalashnikov rifle Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

Young women of the Karo tribe in southern Ethiopia at the border with Kenya watch as a man carrying a portable radio passes by. The Kara, who number only about 3,000 people, mainly live on the practice of flood retreat cultivation on the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia. Many members of this ethnicity are Muslims Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

Members of the Karo tribe with their rifles Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

A female member of the Geleb tribe with her machete Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA

A female member of the Geleb tribe who lives in southern Ethiopia near the Kenyan border in her village near Tumi, wearing an animal skin head covering and chewing on leaves. All of the people of Geleb have their own distinctive dress and decoration Photograph: Pavel Wolberg/EPA