Fashion tribe in Ethiopia
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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Hamer man wearing a Chelsea T-shirt
Bana boys
Bana tribe member
Tsamai man
Hamar man smoking
Suri singer
Dasanech girl wearing a bottle cap wig
Bana tribe member
Traditional dance ceremony in the Karo tribe
Bana girls
Bana woman
Hamer tribe women
Bana woman
Hamer teenager
Tribal member bodi with glasses
Bana woman
Suri tribe representative showing Ethiopia on a school map
Tsemai man posing with glasses
Bana Fashionista
Hamer tribe old man
Mursi tribe woman in Arsenal T-shirt
Hamer tribe man in a Chelsea T-shirt
Bana girl
Bana girl
Bana man with French Vogue magazine