- Women from the Hamar tribe are whipped to show their love for men going through Rite of Passage ceremony
- Their scars are said to demonstrate their capacity for love, and allows them to call on help from those who marked them
- The tradition is known as Ukuli Bula, and women beg men to whip them during ceremony
A tribal ceremony during which young women are whipped in order to show the sacrifices they make for men is revealed in a series of photographs.
Members of the Hamar tribe in Ethiopia believe the elaborate scars demonstrate a woman's capacity for love, and if they fall on hard times later in life it allows them to call on those who whipped them for help.
the woman takes this as a chance to show that she is real and can stand the test of marriage.
The Women of Mursi, Ethiopia and strange body scarification
Women are whipped as part of a Rite of Passage ceremony for boys, when female family members declare their love for the young man at the heart of the celebration.
After the ceremony the boy becomes a man, and is allowed to marry.
The brutal tradition is known as Ukuli Bula, and was captured by photographer Jeremy Hunter. Instead of fleeing, women beg men to whip them again during the ceremony, held in the Omo River Valley.
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