Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Categories: Africa | Fashion | Nations |

The traditional Ethiopian Dasanech tribe is beginning to gradually enter the world of international consumerism - consumerism. Photographer Eric Laforgue visited their lands in 2013 and saw that traditional tribal jewelry has changed due to the introduction of affordable mass products into the country - primarily Chinese.

“They mix foreign modern styles with traditional tribal jewelry, which gives them a unique look,” Laforgue says.

The tribals got new roads and big farms, which is why they became interested in Western culture, clothing and fashion.

Men, for example, have started wearing old sports caps, as well as hairpins and artificial flowers - and no one laughs at them. They also attach old watches to their clothes and hair, partly in the hope of attracting the attention of tourists. The more a foreigner wants to photograph them, the more they can ask for money for a photo.

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Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Hamer man wearing a Chelsea T-shirt

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Bana boys

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Bana tribe member

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Tsamai man

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Hamar man smoking

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Suri singer

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Dasanech girl wearing a bottle cap wig

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Bana tribe member

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Traditional dance ceremony in the Karo tribe

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Bana girls

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Bana woman

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Hamer tribe women

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Bana woman

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Hamer teenager

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Tribal member bodi with glasses

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Bana woman

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Suri tribe representative showing Ethiopia on a school map

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Tsemai man posing with glasses

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Bana Fashionista

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Hamer tribe old man

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Mursi tribe woman in Arsenal T-shirt

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Hamer tribe man in a Chelsea T-shirt

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Bana girl

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Bana girl

Fashion tribe in Ethiopia

Bana man with French Vogue magazine

Keywords: Vogue | Clothing | Tribes | Jewelry | Ethiopia

     

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