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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 Ethiopians love spicy food; Lalibela’s market was filled with heaps of red peppers, ginger root and other condiments. The pungent smell of the peppers filled the air. I couldn’t stay in the area for more than a minute…maybe … Continue reading
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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 When I saw the hillsides covered with people huddled into their shawls, reading their prayerbooks, kneeling and blessing themselves, I said a prayer of thanks myself. Just to see this was heart lifting. The stone church was … Continue reading
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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 A servant holds an umbrella over his master’s head. At this altitude, (8600 feet) the sun is a hammer pounding into your skull. I remembered my Italian mother’s warning, learned from her mother “…be careful, the sun … Continue reading
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Arbaminch, Ethiopia 2013 A Hamar tribesman carves traditional stools at the market. Those little ‘saddle-looking’ objects??? Those are the stools or chairs that men carry with them wherever they go. The carver is sitting on one as he works. He … Continue reading
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2013 I’d slept long enough after the flight from California. It was picture taking time! Camera in hand I walked slowly down the busy street in front of my hotel, peering in doorways and scrutinizing passers-by. In … Continue reading
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42 KM from Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013 After our long drive through the cultivated hillsides, we arrived at a small village at the foot of a wooded mountain. A trail with a hand rail, thank God!, led up to the Church … Continue reading
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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013 A Mursi family stands for a portrait. I particularly like the way they have painted their bodies. The circles traced on the hand prints is a nice touch. And they way the diagonal hand prints on … Continue reading
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Ethiopia 2013 We drove for hours through the mountainous farmlands outside of Lalibella. The van bounced and shook over the rocky road. It rattled so loudly that conversation was impossible. Now and then the driver would holler back to me, “African … Continue reading
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Ethiopia, 2013: Somewhere near Arba Minch The Dorze seem rather modern compared to the tribes further south. You can see their homes in the background of this photo. Although traditionally they lived in large dome-shaped huts, they seem to prefer … Continue reading
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Omo Valley in Ethiopia 2013 A Hamar man ‘lays into’ a Hamar woman as part of the rites of passage into adulthood for a fellow tribesman. His expression is as concentrated as a surgeon’s as he strikes his blow. The men around … Continue reading
