makeup artist applying lipstick to models lips
Charming young woman applying blusher close up.
The Karo, which number only about three thousand  people, mainly live on the practice of flood retreat cultivating the banks of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia. The Karo excel in face and body painting, practiced in preparation of their dances and ceremonies, they decorate their bodies, often imitating the spotted plumage of a guinea fowl. Feather plumes are inserted in their clay hair buns to complete the look. The clay hair bun can take up to three days to construct and is usually re-made every three to six months. Their painted facemasks are spectacular. Karo women scarify their chests to beautify themselves. Scars are cut with a knife and ash is rubbed to produce a raised welt.
Being the smallest tribe in the area, this group obviously struggles which direct threats from nearby tribes that have more gun power and  greater numbers.
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Beautiful young woman applying makeup and lipstick
Beautiful young woman applying makeup and lipstick
makeup artist applying lipstick to models lips
makeup artist applying lipstick to models lips
makeup artist applying lipstick to models lips
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