warning!!! painful pic!!'s by plancarpin

Jinka - Ethiopia Shoot at Dimeka saturday market (village not listed not on Globo) Hammar People have an initiation rite for young boys: the jumping of the Bulls (which take place usually in february); when achieving this, the boy will be able to marry; to celebrate this biig event, all the boy's friends are beating the boy's sisters to express they are the sisters of a valuable guy... As I requested this lady if she agrees on been beaten so severely, she told me, it was fine for her as well.... Strange custom...

Uploaded: Jan, 30 2009 | Taken: Jan, 10 2009| Viewed: 76 times  | 3 votes Camera: Panasonic | Model: DMC-FZ50 | Exposure 10/2000s, ISO 100 | FLength: 31mm | SW: ACD Systems Digital Imaging

frenchfrog - Jan, 31 2009 03:01pm Well, I am glad I am notin Ethiopia and not the sister of the guy! Great pic, thanks for sharing! aufgehts - Jan, 31 2009 07:01pm Well said, Isabelle! It doesn't look like the boy's friends withheld their blows...she was very badly beaten. louis - Feb, 03 2009 07:02am One of the strangest customs I have heard and probably very painful for the girls plancarpin - Feb, 03 2009 09:02am Rafal, look the lady in the background..She also wears similar blows.