The document provides information about the Hamar tribe of Ethiopia. The Hamar tribe numbers around 50,000 people and resides in the Southern Nations of Ethiopia. They have a traditional semi-nomadic lifestyle, living in round mud and thatch huts and deriving their livelihood from farming, herding, and crafts like weaving. Unmarried Hamar women wear large beaded collars as clothing while married women wear metal rings, and men typically wear leaves and feathers.
2. 1.Ethiopia is located in
the Horn of Africa.
2. Ethiopia has a high
central plateau that
varies from 1,290 to
3,000 m.
3.The Hamar Tribe -
population about
50,000 - in the
Southern Nations.
3. 1.They belong to a
group of culturally
distinct people known
as the Sidamo.
2.Hamar is the name
of one of the numerous
tribes of India, spread
over a large area in the
northeast..
3.The Hamar are 90%
Sunni Muslim.
4. 1.The main diet of
Hamar tribe consists of
porridge of sorghum and
maize, also there’s quite a
lot of honey, butter and
cheese in their diet.
2.The tribe is also known
for their love of a
resembling drink - local
mash.
5. 1.Hamar Unmarried
women wear large beaded
collars that are usually
made of red ,goatskins
serving them as clothes.
2. Married women wear
two metal rims instead of
beaded collars.
3.Men mostly wear only
coconut leaves ,bird
feathers and beads to cover
them.
6. 1.The Hamar have unique
huts that are made up of
mud, wood and straw.
2. Round thatched roof
huts are the most
common traditional
houses of Ethiopia.
3. Walls may vary from
sticks or mud-plastered
walls.
7. 1.Hamar tribes
cultivators are they
makes their livelihood
from farming.
2.Women are great
weavers in their tiny loin
looms.
3.Women dye their
homespun yarns into
different colours.
4. Weave clothes for their
family.
8. 1.Many women cover their
hair with a mixture of red-
ocher coloring and animal
fat, then style it in plaits
over their foreheads.
2. The man must then jump
over eight bulls in order to
be allowed to marry and
once that is achieved a
celebration is held to end
this communal event.
Editor's Notes
Show an image of sorghum or else students will not understand