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Arbore is a small settlement between Weyto and Turmi, home to the Arbore, a small cushitic tribe
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Unmarried Arbore shave their hair clean and put a black piece of cloth on top of their head for sun protection
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Young Arbore girls dressed in leather skirts and adorned with beaded necklaces and bracelets
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Chief Kalla Gezahegn, one of the nine Konso Poqalla ie clan chiefs, in his ceremonial dress
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Chief Kalla Gezahegn as the Poqalla acts as political and religious leader. His title is hereditary.
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Totemistic Waka are carved wooden sculptures erected in memory of deceased Konso chiefs or warriors
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Group of Waka sculptures representing the chief, his wives and the enemies and animals he killed. It can be seen as a biography
