Ethiopia’s Omo Valley | Africa’s Last Frontier, National Geographic Magazine: Ethiopia’s Bull-Jumping, Manhood Ceremony Begins With Whipping Women

Whipping Women at Bull Jumping: At the beginning of a manhood ceremony, women blow little horns begging and intimidating men to whip them. Women are left scarred but it is their symbol of belonging to the social and support structure of the Hamar, Karo and Bene tribes.