South Ethiopia : Upper Omo Valley / Suri tribe (aka Surma) tribal Donga Stick Fighting Ceremony

Donga is a tribal ceremony of the Suri / Mursi tribe members (men only) held in Kibish and Tulgit Villages and surroundings of the Upper and Lower Omo Valley, South West Ethiopia. It is celebrated for numerous reasons as a competition between young men of different villages within the community. With protective gears to the sensitive areas (head, kness, elbows, etc), it is a regulated game where an elder man of the community with a donga stick follows up on strict adherence of the regulations - dropping the