34 September 2015 www.womanthismonth.com PEOPLE | cover story KONSO TRIBE Unlike their tribal counterparts, the Konso frequently wear Western clothes as well as their more traditional dress. Their village is hard to get to situated on a series of hard rocky slopes and is reached through a gate and a system of winding maze-like alleys which form a security system. Though friendly, the Konso are the tribe Sawsan and her fellow travellers had to flee thanks to a payment mistake which saw some of the group surrounded by villagers loudly demanding cash! DASSENACH TRIBE This tribe is quite isolated, reached by crossing the Omo River in hollowed out tree trunk canoes. Women wear pleated cow skin skirts and many necklaces and bracelets. And all sorts of recycled objects are used for adornment such as bottle tops attached to caps and rows and rows of brightly coloured beads used as necklaces and bracelets. Shells are also widely worn since the tribe is so close to the river and arm bangles each have a meaning. Girls in the tribe are usually married at the age of 17 and boys at 20.
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