Women wait for a bull-jumping ceremony in a local bar in Turmi, a Hamar town, and the scars on the their backs are from participating in a bull jumping ceremony. They are whipped before the ceremony. The scars are a sign that the women are eligible for support from the community in general, but more specifically, from the boys that became men during the bull jumping ceremony. They are drinking sorghum beer made from is USAID food aid sorghum that is subsequently fermented for alcohol.
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