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  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Borana tribe man with protection in his nose ready to dive in the volcano crater to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows:  Volcano crater where Borana tribe men dive to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows:  Volcano crater where Borana tribe men dive to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows:  Volcano crater where Borana tribe men dive to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Borana tribe man with protection in his nose ready to dive in the volcano crater to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Volcano crater where Borana tribe men dive to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Volcano crater where Borana tribe men dive to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Borana tribe man feet wounded after diving in the volcano crater to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Borana tribe man arms wounded after diving in the volcano crater to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Volcano crater where Borana tribe men dive to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Borana tribe man covered with salt after diving in the volcano crater to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Volcano crater where Borana tribe men dive to collect salt, Oromia, El Sod, Ethiopia<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows:  Early morning, the first divers enter the lake with long wooden sticks.<br />
They use the sticks to break the bottom of the lake; then they dive along them in the shallow water, collect the black mud full of salt, and bring it back on the bank.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows;  Once the donkeys are loaded with 2x25kg of salt in each bag, they have to climb up to the village on the edge of the volcano. Under the sun, the rocks are turning into an oven, making the way back a hell. Some miners even collapse after such efforts.<br />
There is no room for industrialisation: Boranas are against it, willing to carry on this tradition as source of - small- revenues, and part of their culture.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
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  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
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Photo Shows:  Women do not take part in the salt extraction. few of them go down in the carter to collect wood or branches for the cattle. As men are most the time naked , and some a re muslims, they also prefer to stay away, Usually women are dedicated to the hardest tasks in the Borana Culture, This is an exception<br />
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  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
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Photo Shows;  Only Borana people get access to the salt in the volcano. A conflict would raise whenever another tribe try to enter the area.<br />
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  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows: Salt From Lake Assal In Djibouti, Tepi Village, Ethiopia<br />
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  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows:  Some men say they can make 3 trips in a single day. It takes them 30 mn to go down (at least double for a tourist), one hour to collect the salt, then 1 hour to clim up back to the village with loaded donkeys. Some men do work from sunrise to sunset.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
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Photo Shows:  Three kind of salt can be found in the lake: the black salt for animals, the white salt for the people, and crystals which can be sold at a high price.<br />
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  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
Photo Shows:   Some men say they can make 3 trips in a single day. It takes them 30 mn to go down (at least double for a tourist), one hour to collect the salt, then 1 hour to clim up back to the village with loaded donkeys. Some men do work from sunrise to sunset.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Stunning_Images_The_Salt_Of_Li...jpg
  • EL SOD: THE SALT OF LIFE<br />
 <br />
 El Sod, the House Of Salt, is a village located 90 km from Yabelo, the capital of Borana people in South Ethiopia. It stands on the edge of an extinct volcano wide of 1,8 km diameter, with a salted lake in the crater. For centuries, men dive into the lake to collect the salt and sell it across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya<br />
<br />
 It takes 1 hour on a narrow path to go down the 2,5 km from the village to the lake, 340 meters lower. The best view on the crater can be spotted from the recently built mosque.<br />
Every miner works as a free lance, independent from any company or boss. Most of the time divers are naked, the salted water being so agressive that it destroys everything, including clothes and shoes.<br />
 Miners try to protect their nose and ears with plugs made of soil wrapped in plastic bags. There’s no protection for the eyes: many suffer heavily from blindness.<br />
 When the weather is good after rains (Borana wait for it for months since the area suffers from drought) more than 200 men dive into the lake. More and more children are joining for the families to get some extra revenue. The parents are aware of the dangers but they don’t have any choice if they want to survive.<br />
<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: El sod crater where the Borana go to collect salt for centuries. On the left 10 years ago, on the right, in 2017. The greenery has totally disapeared.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: El sod crater where the Borana go to collect salt for centuries. On the left 10 years ago, on the right, in 2017. The greenery has totally disapeared.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: El sod crater where the Borana go to collect salt for centuries. On the left 10 years ago, on the right, in 2017. The greenery has totally disapeared.<br />
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  • The Kerio Lake In Iceland<br />
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The Kerio Crater Lake (sometimes spelled Kerid) is located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, and is one of the most photogenic volcanic crater in existence. It’s a regular stop for tourists along the Golden Circle sightseeing route and one of the most-photographed features in this amazing landscape.<br />
The crater was formed by a volcanic eruption around 3,000 years ago and is one of several volcanic craters in the area, known as Iceland's Western Volcanic Zone, which includes the Reykjanes peninsula and the Langjökull Glacier. But Kerio Crater is the most visually recognizable with the caldera still intact, because it is only half the age of most of the surrounding volcanic features.<br />
The caldera is approximately 55 meters deep, 170 meters wide, and 270 meters across. Like other volcanic rocks in the area, the rocks of the caldera is hued bright red caused by iron in the basaltic lava that has been oxidized by the groundwater. While most of the crater is steep-walled with little vegetation, one wall is sloped more gently and blanketed with a deep moss, and can be descended fairly easily. At the bottom is a pool of blue water that lies at the about same level as the ground water table.<br />
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  • The Kerio Lake In Iceland<br />
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The Kerio Crater Lake (sometimes spelled Kerid) is located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, and is one of the most photogenic volcanic crater in existence. It’s a regular stop for tourists along the Golden Circle sightseeing route and one of the most-photographed features in this amazing landscape.<br />
The crater was formed by a volcanic eruption around 3,000 years ago and is one of several volcanic craters in the area, known as Iceland's Western Volcanic Zone, which includes the Reykjanes peninsula and the Langjökull Glacier. But Kerio Crater is the most visually recognizable with the caldera still intact, because it is only half the age of most of the surrounding volcanic features.<br />
The caldera is approximately 55 meters deep, 170 meters wide, and 270 meters across. Like other volcanic rocks in the area, the rocks of the caldera is hued bright red caused by iron in the basaltic lava that has been oxidized by the groundwater. While most of the crater is steep-walled with little vegetation, one wall is sloped more gently and blanketed with a deep moss, and can be descended fairly easily. At the bottom is a pool of blue water that lies at the about same level as the ground water table.<br />
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  • The Kerio Lake In Iceland<br />
<br />
The Kerio Crater Lake (sometimes spelled Kerid) is located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, and is one of the most photogenic volcanic crater in existence. It’s a regular stop for tourists along the Golden Circle sightseeing route and one of the most-photographed features in this amazing landscape.<br />
The crater was formed by a volcanic eruption around 3,000 years ago and is one of several volcanic craters in the area, known as Iceland's Western Volcanic Zone, which includes the Reykjanes peninsula and the Langjökull Glacier. But Kerio Crater is the most visually recognizable with the caldera still intact, because it is only half the age of most of the surrounding volcanic features.<br />
The caldera is approximately 55 meters deep, 170 meters wide, and 270 meters across. Like other volcanic rocks in the area, the rocks of the caldera is hued bright red caused by iron in the basaltic lava that has been oxidized by the groundwater. While most of the crater is steep-walled with little vegetation, one wall is sloped more gently and blanketed with a deep moss, and can be descended fairly easily. At the bottom is a pool of blue water that lies at the about same level as the ground water table.<br />
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  • The Kerio Lake In Iceland<br />
<br />
The Kerio Crater Lake (sometimes spelled Kerid) is located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, and is one of the most photogenic volcanic crater in existence. It’s a regular stop for tourists along the Golden Circle sightseeing route and one of the most-photographed features in this amazing landscape.<br />
The crater was formed by a volcanic eruption around 3,000 years ago and is one of several volcanic craters in the area, known as Iceland's Western Volcanic Zone, which includes the Reykjanes peninsula and the Langjökull Glacier. But Kerio Crater is the most visually recognizable with the caldera still intact, because it is only half the age of most of the surrounding volcanic features.<br />
The caldera is approximately 55 meters deep, 170 meters wide, and 270 meters across. Like other volcanic rocks in the area, the rocks of the caldera is hued bright red caused by iron in the basaltic lava that has been oxidized by the groundwater. While most of the crater is steep-walled with little vegetation, one wall is sloped more gently and blanketed with a deep moss, and can be descended fairly easily. At the bottom is a pool of blue water that lies at the about same level as the ground water table.<br />
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  • The Kerio Lake In Iceland<br />
<br />
The Kerio Crater Lake (sometimes spelled Kerid) is located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, and is one of the most photogenic volcanic crater in existence. It’s a regular stop for tourists along the Golden Circle sightseeing route and one of the most-photographed features in this amazing landscape.<br />
The crater was formed by a volcanic eruption around 3,000 years ago and is one of several volcanic craters in the area, known as Iceland's Western Volcanic Zone, which includes the Reykjanes peninsula and the Langjökull Glacier. But Kerio Crater is the most visually recognizable with the caldera still intact, because it is only half the age of most of the surrounding volcanic features.<br />
The caldera is approximately 55 meters deep, 170 meters wide, and 270 meters across. Like other volcanic rocks in the area, the rocks of the caldera is hued bright red caused by iron in the basaltic lava that has been oxidized by the groundwater. While most of the crater is steep-walled with little vegetation, one wall is sloped more gently and blanketed with a deep moss, and can be descended fairly easily. At the bottom is a pool of blue water that lies at the about same level as the ground water table.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
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  • The Kerio Lake In Iceland<br />
<br />
The Kerio Crater Lake (sometimes spelled Kerid) is located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, and is one of the most photogenic volcanic crater in existence. It’s a regular stop for tourists along the Golden Circle sightseeing route and one of the most-photographed features in this amazing landscape.<br />
The crater was formed by a volcanic eruption around 3,000 years ago and is one of several volcanic craters in the area, known as Iceland's Western Volcanic Zone, which includes the Reykjanes peninsula and the Langjökull Glacier. But Kerio Crater is the most visually recognizable with the caldera still intact, because it is only half the age of most of the surrounding volcanic features.<br />
The caldera is approximately 55 meters deep, 170 meters wide, and 270 meters across. Like other volcanic rocks in the area, the rocks of the caldera is hued bright red caused by iron in the basaltic lava that has been oxidized by the groundwater. While most of the crater is steep-walled with little vegetation, one wall is sloped more gently and blanketed with a deep moss, and can be descended fairly easily. At the bottom is a pool of blue water that lies at the about same level as the ground water table.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Aerial view of a Borana village, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: In the Borana tradition, there is a specific hierarchy for accessing the water: priority is given to the horses, then the calfs, then women, then cows, and finally the camels. Goats and sheep get access to the water anytime. But with the drought, everybody rushes to any point of water.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Aerial view of the slaughter of a bull during the Gada system ceremony in Borana tribe, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:  As the climate is changing, Borana have also been increasingly dependent from NGO’s help, which is culturally repugnant to these proud people. They are forced to sell their animals before they die. This is not in accordance with their tradition. It is easier to find Coke than water in some areas.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:The bull is sacrificed in big chaos as everybody wants to see or take a picture with their mobile phones. Only the men can attend this ritual, women stay away.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: The shepherds gather their cows in special areas provided by the government where they can be fed with grass.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: The shepherds gather their cows in special areas provided by the government where they can be fed with grass.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: In Borana culture, a man’s wealth is measured by the number of livestock he has. Many own over 1000 animals. Anyone with less than 20 head of cattle is considered impoverished.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: In Borana culture, a man’s wealth is measured by the number of livestock he has. Many own over 1000 animals. Anyone with less than 20 head of cattle is considered impoverished.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:  Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
©Eric lafforgue/Exclusivepix Media
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:  Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Aerial view of cows suffering from the drought grouped in fences to be fed by the governement, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Aerial view of a Borana village, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Aerial view of cows suffering from the drought grouped in fences to be fed by the governement, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: In the Borana tradition, there is a specific hierarchy for accessing the water: priority is given to the horses, then the calfs, then women, then cows, and finally the camels. Goats and sheep get access to the water anytime. But with the drought, everybody rushes to any point of water.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Aerial view of cows suffering from the drought grouped in fences to be fed by the governement, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:There is no hope, I am not educated, there is no more grass, my cows are dying, I cannot sell them because they are too weak to reach the market. Now I am waiting for death ...» Says an old man.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: NGO and the governemet distribute some food aid, but as Borana live in the bush, many do not have access to this aid, and cannot be contacted with the lack of telecom networK..<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Borana clans own their own wells that run for centuries. They are vital in these Borana arid areas.<br />
The wells are called the singing wells: the young, strong men carry the water from the well to the top where people and animals wait for their turn. The songs are usually about the cattle. Singing is a way to keep a good tempo in the chain.<br />
Conflicts over water are forbidden. If someone starts a fight, he will have to sacrifice one cow or risk being banned from the wells which is virtually a death penalty in the community.<br />
But due to the drought, those wells are mostly dry, and people must find other solutions...<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Soldiers with kalashnikovs during the Gada system ceremony, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Every Sunday, Borana people go to church to make prayers for rain. Few men are joining, as they are all busy taking care of the remaining cow.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: This Borana shepherd says he lost 100 cows over the last weeks. He does not want to mention how many are still alive: in the Borana tradition, a man never talks about how many cows he owns, as it may give ideas to robbers... Later he confesses he only has 50 cows left.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:Cows suffering from the drought grouped in fences to be fed by the governement, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: For 6 years, I have been drinking the same water as my animals' ». On the hill stands the electric pilar coming from Gibbe dam. Many Borana complain: Ethiopia sells electricity to Kenya but never provides water to people and animals. It is part of the Oromo anger.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:  In the Borana cultire, men do not take care of the water! Even in drought times, it is the work of the women, helped by the children.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:Some cows are too weak to get up in the morning, so the herder must inspect all the cattle one by one to be sure they are in good shape.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: In Borana culture, mutual aid is the key: those whose cattle are hit by drought will be supported and get free cows from those whose cattle are saved. But nowadays all the areas are under drought: no one can help anybody.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: The Borana culture is still very strong, no tourists dare to visit this area. Women wear their traditional clothes. Men are proud to show the virgin girls who are easily recognizable: they have a tonsure at the top of the head, from the age of 5 until they get married.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:  Married men carry the "ororo" sticks.They never leave them! Those men are called "abba worra" (the head of the family).<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:  Kura Jarso is blessing the bull to be sacrificed as celebration of his new power. Even though many Borana are christians and muslims, many still believe in Wakefata, their traditional God, who can bring back the rain.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Here is Kura Jarso, the 71st Borana Oromo Abba gadaa and his councilors just elected in april 2017. He is educated and was studying statistics at Hawassa University. He is not supposed to be the chief: his brother should be the promised man, however he died in an accident and Kura has to play his brother's role in order to respect the tradition.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:The last two Leader celebrations happened during very severe drought. People start to wonder if a curse might have struck the tribe...<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:  As everybody is suffering from the drought, killing a bull is a huge symbol.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:  The Borana cook the coffee beans in butter. They pray before drinking it, asking the rain to come. These people depend on milk for survival.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: ISkiny cow suffering from the drought on the road, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Cows suffering from the drought grouped in fences to be fed by the governement, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows: Cows suffering from the drought grouped in fences to be fed by the governement, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
<br />
The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:The bull is sacrificed in big chaos as everybody wants to see or take a picture with their mobile phones. Only the men can attend this ritual, women stay away.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:The bull is sacrificed in big chaos as everybody wants to see or take a picture with their mobile phones. Only the men can attend this ritual, women stay away.<br />
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  • DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA<br />
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The Borana tribe, part of Oromo people who make up around a third of the Ethiopian population, is suffering from drought for months. Cows are dying, meanwhile many people are complaining the lack of support from the government, thus generating massive uprisings, repressions and killing hundreds of protesters.<br />
 Borana live in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia with a population of 500,000. They are semi pastoralists. Their life depends on their livestock, which are their only wealth. Their cattle are used in sacrifices and also as dowry or to pay legal fines. For one year, there has been no rain and more than 15,000 cows have died in Ethiopia.<br />
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Photo shows:Portrait of a Borana tribe elder with a red beard during the Gada system ceremony, Oromia, Yabelo, Ethiopia<br />
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  • PAEKTU, LAND OF NORTH KOREAN LEGENDS<br />
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Mount Paektu volcano is considered a holy place for North Koreans. It is deemed the place of origin for them. The country's founding father Kim Il- Sung commanded anti-Japanese guerrilla in the 50’s from a secret camp in this place.<br />
North Korea says his son Kim Jong-il was born there in 1942. He was actually born in Siberia, where his father had taken refuge from Japanese troops.<br />
The dear Leaders are said to have a "mount Paektu bloodline ». A famous slogan says: « Let us all turn out in the general offensive to hasten final victory in the revolutionary spirit of Paektu! »<br />
A new probelm may erupt: when North Korea tests a nuclear weapon, specialists say the energy could trigger a volcanic...eruption in Paektu. That could be a huge disaster, killing thousands in North Korea and on the chinese side too.<br />
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Photo shows: The view at the top is breathtaking. Paektu is an active volcano which last erupted in 1903. 1000 years ago Paektu was the place of one of the biggest eruptions in human history. The huge explosion caused the volcano’s crater to collapse, forming the Chon lake called.<br />
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  • PAEKTU, LAND OF NORTH KOREAN LEGENDS<br />
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Mount Paektu volcano is considered a holy place for North Koreans. It is deemed the place of origin for them. The country's founding father Kim Il- Sung commanded anti-Japanese guerrilla in the 50’s from a secret camp in this place.<br />
North Korea says his son Kim Jong-il was born there in 1942. He was actually born in Siberia, where his father had taken refuge from Japanese troops.<br />
The dear Leaders are said to have a "mount Paektu bloodline ». A famous slogan says: « Let us all turn out in the general offensive to hasten final victory in the revolutionary spirit of Paektu! »<br />
A new probelm may erupt: when North Korea tests a nuclear weapon, specialists say the energy could trigger a volcanic...eruption in Paektu. That could be a huge disaster, killing thousands in North Korea and on the chinese side too.<br />
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Photo shows: The view at the top is breathtaking. Paektu is an active volcano which last erupted in 1903. 1000 years ago Paektu was the place of one of the biggest eruptions in human history. The huge explosion caused the volcano’s crater to collapse, forming the Chon lake called.<br />
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  • A Gigantic Mat of Floating Tree Trunks on Spirit Lake<br />
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The May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, a volcano located in state of Washington, was one of the most destructive events in the history of the United States. In just a matter of hours, the north face of the volcano collapsed creating a huge landslide - the largest debris avalanche in recorded history – that moved swiftly towards the surrounding lakes and the North Fork Toutle River valley leaving a trail of destruction 27 km long. Located only about 5 miles north-northeast of the volcanic  crater, Spirit Lake received the full impact of the lateral blast.<br />
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An estimated 1 million trees were blown away from the surrounding hillside by a super-heated wall of volcanic gas and searing ash and rock, and these along with other rubble were deposited on Spirit Lake. The debris avalanche temporarily displaced much of the lake from its bed sending 600-foot-high waves crashing into a ridge north of the lake. As the water moved back into its basin, it pulled with it thousands of more trees into the lake. About 350,000 acre-feet of pyrolized trees were deposited into Spirit Lake and these shattered trees formed a floating log raft on the lake surface that is present to this day, more than three decades after the event.<br />
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Photo shows: The collapsed crater of Mount St. Helen with Spirit Lake in the foreground<br />
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  • A Gigantic Mat of Floating Tree Trunks on Spirit Lake<br />
<br />
The May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, a volcano located in state of Washington, was one of the most destructive events in the history of the United States. In just a matter of hours, the north face of the volcano collapsed creating a huge landslide - the largest debris avalanche in recorded history – that moved swiftly towards the surrounding lakes and the North Fork Toutle River valley leaving a trail of destruction 27 km long. Located only about 5 miles north-northeast of the volcanic  crater, Spirit Lake received the full impact of the lateral blast.<br />
<br />
An estimated 1 million trees were blown away from the surrounding hillside by a super-heated wall of volcanic gas and searing ash and rock, and these along with other rubble were deposited on Spirit Lake. The debris avalanche temporarily displaced much of the lake from its bed sending 600-foot-high waves crashing into a ridge north of the lake. As the water moved back into its basin, it pulled with it thousands of more trees into the lake. About 350,000 acre-feet of pyrolized trees were deposited into Spirit Lake and these shattered trees formed a floating log raft on the lake surface that is present to this day, more than three decades after the event.<br />
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Photo shows: Spirit Lake on the slopes of Mt. St. Helens in Washington State, USA. This photo was taken two years after the eruption and shows the ruined lake filled with debris from the eruption.<br />
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  • A Gigantic Mat of Floating Tree Trunks on Spirit Lake<br />
<br />
The May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, a volcano located in state of Washington, was one of the most destructive events in the history of the United States. In just a matter of hours, the north face of the volcano collapsed creating a huge landslide - the largest debris avalanche in recorded history – that moved swiftly towards the surrounding lakes and the North Fork Toutle River valley leaving a trail of destruction 27 km long. Located only about 5 miles north-northeast of the volcanic  crater, Spirit Lake received the full impact of the lateral blast.<br />
<br />
An estimated 1 million trees were blown away from the surrounding hillside by a super-heated wall of volcanic gas and searing ash and rock, and these along with other rubble were deposited on Spirit Lake. The debris avalanche temporarily displaced much of the lake from its bed sending 600-foot-high waves crashing into a ridge north of the lake. As the water moved back into its basin, it pulled with it thousands of more trees into the lake. About 350,000 acre-feet of pyrolized trees were deposited into Spirit Lake and these shattered trees formed a floating log raft on the lake surface that is present to this day, more than three decades after the event.<br />
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Photo shows: Spirit Lake log mat in 1985<br />
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  • A Gigantic Mat of Floating Tree Trunks on Spirit Lake<br />
<br />
The May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, a volcano located in state of Washington, was one of the most destructive events in the history of the United States. In just a matter of hours, the north face of the volcano collapsed creating a huge landslide - the largest debris avalanche in recorded history – that moved swiftly towards the surrounding lakes and the North Fork Toutle River valley leaving a trail of destruction 27 km long. Located only about 5 miles north-northeast of the volcanic  crater, Spirit Lake received the full impact of the lateral blast.<br />
<br />
An estimated 1 million trees were blown away from the surrounding hillside by a super-heated wall of volcanic gas and searing ash and rock, and these along with other rubble were deposited on Spirit Lake. The debris avalanche temporarily displaced much of the lake from its bed sending 600-foot-high waves crashing into a ridge north of the lake. As the water moved back into its basin, it pulled with it thousands of more trees into the lake. About 350,000 acre-feet of pyrolized trees were deposited into Spirit Lake and these shattered trees formed a floating log raft on the lake surface that is present to this day, more than three decades after the event.<br />
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Photo shows:  View of Spirit Lake, southwest looking down to southern end . Blast-fell logs litter the banks or still float after the lake had been drained to maintain a safer water level since avalanche debris and trees had raised the level by several hundred feet<br />
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  • A Gigantic Mat of Floating Tree Trunks on Spirit Lake<br />
<br />
The May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, a volcano located in state of Washington, was one of the most destructive events in the history of the United States. In just a matter of hours, the north face of the volcano collapsed creating a huge landslide - the largest debris avalanche in recorded history – that moved swiftly towards the surrounding lakes and the North Fork Toutle River valley leaving a trail of destruction 27 km long. Located only about 5 miles north-northeast of the volcanic  crater, Spirit Lake received the full impact of the lateral blast.<br />
<br />
An estimated 1 million trees were blown away from the surrounding hillside by a super-heated wall of volcanic gas and searing ash and rock, and these along with other rubble were deposited on Spirit Lake. The debris avalanche temporarily displaced much of the lake from its bed sending 600-foot-high waves crashing into a ridge north of the lake. As the water moved back into its basin, it pulled with it thousands of more trees into the lake. About 350,000 acre-feet of pyrolized trees were deposited into Spirit Lake and these shattered trees formed a floating log raft on the lake surface that is present to this day, more than three decades after the event.<br />
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Photo shows:  Floating Tree Trunks on Spirit Lake<br />
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