A place in Ethiopia were women are been flog just as a sign of  love for their men...



Ladies from the Hamar clan in Ethiopia

are normally wallop to show their affection

for men, the beating go on until their

backs turn bloody, and they are not permitted to shout. They even ask the men to beat them again and again.


Traditions are one thing in Africa that

an not be brushed aside and Ethiopia is

another good example of a great tradition

in which women from the Hamar tribe in

Ethiopia get whipped to demonstrate their

love for their men has been spotlighted by

photographer Jeremy Hunter.



The women of this tribe engage in atribal

ceremony during which they are flogged

to show the sacrifices they make for their

men.


The tradition is known as Ukuli Bula and is

done as part of a Rite of Passage ceremony

for boys.

To reach manhood, Hamar boys must

undergo two rituals: circumcision and

a leap over the bulls. This determines

whether the young Hamar male is ready

to make the social jump from youth to

adulthood. During this ceremony, their

female family members declare their

love for the young men and to prove the

sacrifice they are willng to endure, they beg

men to whip them.



After the ceremony held in the Omo River

Valley, the boy becomes a man and is now

allowed to marry.


Hunter shared a series of photographs

documenting the ceremony and revealed

that after the whipping, tradition allows

those women to call on help from those

who marked them if ever they are in need of

help. Young Hamar women sometimes coat

their bodies with butter to lessen the effect

of the whipping.