Ethiopia - Konso Tribe Villages

Описание: The Konso tribe lives in Southern Ethiopia. Accompagnied by many children we walk around in two villages surrounded by defensive stone walls and look inside the uniquely designed dwellings. We also see the famous wagas (grave markers) and "New York", an eroding plateau that reminds of Bryce Canyon.

The traditional Konso villages are located around Konso. Each village consists of nine compounds, one for each clan. They are separated by wooden fences and the round huts are close together. The huts have entrances where you only get on all fours. The interior is very primitive: an elevation to sit, bare animal skins to sleep, a place for food supplies and a fire place in the middle without a chimney. There is no marriage within the clan and boys do not sleep at home, but in a community house. The village has a few places with generation piles: every eighteen years a new generation of leaders is selected and then new generation piles are set up while the old ones are made smaller (the old piles, not the old leaders). Clan leaders and the Konso king live in great loneliness to be able to speak impartially. Wagas (wooden statues) are erected for deceased warriors, depicting the warrior and his victims (humans and animals). Around the villages are well-made terraces. Groups of men and women work the land with primitive wooden tools. We visit the villages of Machekie and Gesergio. Gesergio is nicknamed "New York" because it is next to sandstone formations reminiscent of skyscrapers. Local beer is drunk for € 0.08 per gourd.

We visited Ethiopia on our overland trip from the Netherlands to South Africa and South America; see our playlist    • Europe, Middle East, Africa Overland 2013-...  .

The following royalty free background music was used: Laendler in C minor Hess 68 by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/music/).