Karo Tribe


  • Photographer
    Fausto Podavini
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    WSP

The Karo are an ethnic group of eastern bank of the Omo River. Live permanently on the banks of the river, on which they depend totally. Very important are relations with neighboring ethnic groups characterized by conflicts in the past. They live on farming and herding. The scarification is an important practice, especially for women, as well as decorative element also culturally relevant. The Karo villages are protected by perimeter fences of wood: in the center there are the huts. The Karo are a people that is disappearing.

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