The Surprising Tribe of Ethiopia That Will Change Your Concept About Fashion

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The Surprising Tribe of Ethiopia That Will Change Your Concept About Fashion

Far from the catwalks of Paris, Milan or New York, Omo Valley is located in southern Ethiopia. There is the tribe of the Surma and Mursi tribe that have created their own style of makeup, clothing and accessories using only the materials they find in their environment. The result is absolutely amazing.

These images make a mockery of all attempts have ever done to customize our clothes with what we have at home. These two African tribes are among the most remote, and until recently have little contact with Western civilization. They are nomadic groups so they do not express their art and architecture or sculpture. They prefer to use their bodies as a canvas. It is a wonderful body art work.

These photos were obtained by the German photographer Hans Silvester and teach us the spectacular aesthetic criteria that demonstrate these tribes. To embellish your body pigments obtained using dust of volcanic rocks and designed the amazing accessories with flowers, leaves, shells and fragments of animal horns.

We can still enjoy this wonderful show style 100% genuine and original. Further proof, there is plenty of life in the world of fashion beyond what appears in magazines.