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The Omo and Mago National parks

The Omo and Mago National Parks, showing the approximate area of Mursi occupation.

A debate in progress

A debate in progress at Mi, northern Mursiland (David Turton 1974)

The Mursi and their neighbours

The Mursi and their neighbours.

Upland plains of the lower Omo valley - topography and drainage

Upland plains of the Lower Omo Valley – topography and drainage. The Mursi occupy the area between the Omo and Mago rivers as far north as the river Mara. There are also Mursi settlements in the upper Mago valley, north of Mt Mago.

Classification of Surmic languages

Classification of Surmic languages, from Gerrit Dimmendaal (ed.) Surmic Languages and Cultures, Rudger Koppe Verlag, Cologne, 1998, p. 13.

Local groups in Mursiland

Local groups (bhuranyoga) in Mursiland. The map shows the sections of the Omo river-bank along which the members of each group practice flood cultivation for approximately half the year (October-February).

Ulikoro Konyonomora

Ulikoro Konyonomora (Komor-a-kora), Kon Ba, 2004

The Omo river

The Omo river, looking south. April 1981

Tourist at Morla

 

Duelling

Duelling: A bout in progress, 1996.

Debate

 

Thatching a grain store

 

Nga Mokonyi Keketokenno

Nga Mokonyi Keketokenno, one month after her lip had been pierced, 1969.

Komor-a-kora blessing duelling contestants

Ulikoro Konyonomora (Komor-a-kora) blessing duelling contestants in 1996.

Komor-a-kora blessing the herds

Ulikoro Konyonomora (Komor-a-kora) blessing the herds at a 'Bio Lama' ceremony in 1969.

Gallery

 

Nitha

At dawn, Garana names the new set (David Turton, 1991)

The River Omo at Kurum

The River Omo at Kurum, in the dry season (David Turton, 1991)

Zones of the Southern Regional State

Map of Zones of the Southern Regional State

Local groups in Mursiland

Local groups (bhuranyoga) in Mursiland. The map shows the sections of the Omo river-bank along which the members of each group practice flood cultivation for approximately half the year (October-February).

The Mursi and their neighbours

The Mursi and their neighbours.

Zones of the Southern Regional State

Zones of the Southern Regional State.

Still taken from Interview with Komor-a-kora, Bio-iton-giga and Arinyatuin

 

Still taken from Conversation in the grain store

 

Still taken from Tourists at the bridge

 

Still taken from The Nitha

 

The Omo and Mago National Parks

The Omo and Mago National Parks, showing the approximate area of Mursi occupation.