In December, I journeyed to southwest Ethiopia to photograph the rarely seen Surma tribe. For eight days, thanks to Oryx Worldwide Photographic Expeditions, I was granted unprecedented access to ...

Papen travelled with Walker to the isolated Omo Valley in south-western Ethiopia, where she lived for a week with the Surma tribe. Papen said: "What we claim to call beautiful in our Western world ...

Surma and Golbojhi became first tribal villages in the country, which are situated in any national park, to get benefit of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006. LUCKNOW: Surma and Golbojhi became ...

Of the 45 distinct ethnic groups that live in this region, the Mursi (along with the Surma people) are visually distinct, recognized by large lip plates worn by the women of the tribe. And while ...

So that’s where this started. The idea was taken from the culture of the Suri, Mursi and Surma tribes of Africa, which were the basis of the river tribe, Nakia’s tribe. This suit was conceived ...

In a style inspired by the Surma tribe in Ethiopia, said the costume designer Carter, Nakia’s hair is decorated with an assortment of dried, white flowers. The chalklike markings on her face are ...

Katie Surma is a reporter at Inside Climate News focusing on international environmental law and justice. Before joining ICN, she practiced law, specializing in commercial litigation. She also ...

Southern Sudan and southwest Ethiopia are both home to the Surma tribe. Females who are in their teenage years undergo lip stretching surgery, which entails extracting their lower teeth to make ...

Many African tribes follow the scarification process. The Bodi, Toposa, and Surma tribes from Ethiopia, as well as the Nuer tribe from South Sudan, and the Karamojongs from Uganda perform this ritual.