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When a child turns 13, they get pulled away from their family and friends. They get secluded with elders. The elders then test the child through strength, and intelligence. It is often the time when males are circumcised and females excised. The child must not show fear during the trials. Failure to withstand fear brings shame to them and their family.

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In the Hamar culture, when a person dies, they believe that they have to cross over a river to get to the ancestral world. The living must help them, by performing a ritual called tindyamei. They sacrifice a chicken 4 days after a death of a man and 3 days after a death of a woman.

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The initiate crosses over 15 castrated bulls that have been rubbed with dung to make their backs slippery. Failure to successfully walk over the bulls brings shame to the initiate and his family. The initiate would then have to wait till the following year. But if the initiate succeeds, he is set to get married to a girl his family chooses for him, have children and cattle. The initiate must leap over the backs of the bulls four times without fail. This day is considered the most important day in the life of a man.

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The act of scarification is when you take a sharp object like glass, stone, or a knife to make specific markings on the body. The markings symbolize gender, age, social status, or past achievements. Additionally, traditional scarification is believed to have healing powers. It can enhance beauty. It is also an important part of an ethnic identity and rites of passage to mark stages in the life process such as puberty and marriage.

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Hamar-Banna is a language in the South Omotic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. It is spoken primarily in Southwestern Ethiopia by the Hamar people, Banna people, and by speakers of Karo.

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Hamar men participate in elaborate hair-dressing. They wear a clay cap that is painted and decorated with feathers and other ornaments. Much time is spent in preparing the hair, and care must be taken to protect it from damage. This is one reason the men often sleep on small, cushioned stools. A well-dressed man will wear a toga-like cloth and carry a spear and a stool. Women also commonly wear a colorful toga and other  garments.

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Females sleep in the sheltered tents. The tents are either covered with thatch during the dry season or canvas mats during the wet season.

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When the camp is being set up, the men build the women's and children's beds first, then they build a shelter around it.  Men sleep on cots with the cattle in the middle of the circle of tents so they can protect them. Men can have many brides within their own community. Men are the protectors of the house. Therefore if he has multiple wives and houses then he is the protector of all. They may also be assigned to be protector of a widowed woman or a divorced woman.

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Most of the Hamar people are cattle breeders. They practice a lot with cows so they know how to tame and train them.  It is not surprising to see both men and women of the tribe carrying AK47s as weapons to be used against cattle rustlers.

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Hamar people are 90% Sunni- Muslim. They observe the five basic teachings of Islam-acknowledging that Allah is the only god, praying, fasting, giving alms to the poor, and making a pilgrimage to Mecca. They believe that natural things, like rocks and trees, have spirits. Also that spirits can take human or animal form and become supernatural.

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Rites of passage are a way to be socialized. A member of the community must complete the tradition to be apart of the community. The Hamar people have multiple rites of passage.

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In Islamic societies permanent tattooing is disallowed so henna takes the place and has a ceremonial role especially worn at weddings.

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(Also spelled Hamer People) are an ethnic group that live in Southwestern Ethiopia. The community consists of 46,500 people mad up mostly of pastoralists. Their culture is set up in small camps that have several related families in them. The camps are all set up the same, they have tents set up in a circle and the cattle sleep in the middle of the circle at night.