Two boys collect water from a well. To keep the rhythm and to reduce the fatigue they do it singing. For this reason in this area the wells are called "singing wells". Southern Southern Ethiopia.
This travel/portrait photography essay was submitted to Edge of Humanity Magazine by photographer Chiara del Sordo.
An elderly woman selling vegetables along the street in Harar, Ethiopia.A woman in a market cleans her teeth with a piece of string. Harar, Ethiopia.A woman in Harar. Ethiopia.
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Young Borana woman near a “singing well”. Southern Ethiopia.Mursi boys in a village. Omo river valley, Ethiopia.Borana children in a market. Southern Ethiopia.
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A Mursi woman laughing with traditional plate. For women of this tribe the lip plate is a beauty ornament. Omo river valley, Ethiopia.Borana men collect salt with bare hands in a salt lake. The salt is called “black gold”. Ethiopia.Borana child. Southern Ethiopia.
