alainloss: Afar tribesmen, dressed in their typical white toga called sana-fil, holding a long stick
alainloss: Afar villager with an afro hairstyle and a jile dagger strapped to his waist
alainloss: The jile is a dagger with a long curved blade used by the Afar as well as the Somali
alainloss: A few Afar tribesmen carry an AK-47 to defend their family and cattle from wild animals and raiders
alainloss: Afar teenager with light scarification on her cheeks
alainloss: Afar kid with a penetrating gaze
alainloss: Afar girl with a beaded necklace
alainloss: Afar girl with partly-braided hair
alainloss: Young Afar with a braided hairstyle
alainloss: The Afar are semi-nomadic pastoralists raising cattle, sheep and goats
alainloss: Afar herder with a milk pot
alainloss: Although Afar claim a descent from Yemeni Arabs their language and animistic practices indicate a closer proximity to Somali and Oromo
alainloss: Afar cattle have thick and long horns and a hump. They are essentially reared for milk production
alainloss: Afar mum and daughter before their hut
alainloss: Beautiful Afar mum carrying water back to her village
alainloss: Afar tribesman with the distinctive asdago afro hairstyle and jile dagger
alainloss: Afar villager with scars on her chin holding a machete
alainloss: Afar men tend to move away from time-consuming asdago afro hairdos and adopt instead westernized hairstyles
alainloss: Afar younsters dressed in flamboyant waist cloths known as sana-fil heading home
alainloss: Young Afar in her family hut with the meagre possessions displayed on a table
alainloss: Afar elder inside her hut made of branches and plastic sheets
alainloss: Slice of life in an Afar settlement
alainloss: Afar youngsters watching adults perform a traditional dance
alainloss: In a keeke dance Afar men and women perform together
alainloss: Afar men and women dance in unison
alainloss: Afar dancers hop rhythmically while clapping their hands
alainloss: Afar dancers clapping their hands whilst stomping the ground with their feet
alainloss: Afar women wear a colourful cotton garment called sana-fil that is wrapped around and tied at the waist
alainloss: Afar dancers clapping their hands
alainloss: in Afar Keeke dance the groups of males and females face one another