Today the 14th of February is the burial ceremony of the Parents of the Indigenous People Of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
This tribe is Located among the bush-covered hills on the eastern side of the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia, the Hamar tribe have a unique culture and customs, one of them being a cattle-jumping ceremony where the beatings of the women take place.
The ceremony starts with all the female relatives performing a dance, during which they offer themselves as subjects to be whipped by men who have recently been initiated.
The beatings go on until their backs turn bloody. During the beatings, women are not allowed to scream. They do not also flee the ceremony but rather beg the men to beat them repeatedly.
The women accept these beatings to show their love and support of the initiate, and their scars give them a right to demand his help in time of need.
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