Karo Ethiopia




 Karo


The Karo, or Kara, are a Nilotic ethnic gathering in Ethiopia well known for their body painting. They are likewise perhaps of the littlest clan in the locale with an expected populace of 1.000-1.200 individuals. They are firmly connected with their neighbors, Hamer and Banna, with a lexical likeness of 81% They live along the east banks of the Omo Stream in southern Ethiopia and get by on farming and regular yearly flooding. They have had similar culture and customs for a long time, as conventional moving and painting their bodies with a blend of debris and fat or water.


The Karo public separate themselves from a large number of the adjoining clans by succeeding explicitly in body and face painting. They paint themselves day to day with shaded ochre, white chalk, yellow mineral stone, charcoal, and pounded iron metal, all normal assets nearby to the area. The particular plans drawn on their bodies can change everyday and fluctuate in happy, going from straightforward stars or lines to creature themes, for example, guinea fowl plumage, or to the most well known - a heap of impressions covering the middle and legs. Both the Karo and the Hamar men use dirt to develop elaborate hairdos and hoods for themselves, meaning status, magnificence, and dauntlessness.


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