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African
Tribes Photographs
Arbore
Tribe
There are many exotic African tribes photographs of the Arbore (Irbore)
tribe. The Arbore tribe is very small with only about four thousand speakers
of the Arbore language. The Arbore live in the Omo River region of Ethiopia
near Lake Stefanie and speak a Cushitic language in the Afro-Asiatic
linguistic family. Although not present in some African tribes photographs
such as the one above, Arbore women generally use a large black cloth to
cover their heads. Similar to many ancient African tribes, the Arbore
perform many ritual-like dances while singing. Living in a very harsh
physical environment, the Arbore believe that dancing and singing will
eliminate negative energies. By eliminating the negative energies, this
traditional African tribe believes that they can produce positive energy
that will bring this indigenous people good luck. Being a pastoral culture,
the Arbore measure their wealth by the number of cattle that they own.
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