Hans Silvester - Donga, Photo 1
  • Hans Silvester - Donga, Photo 1

Hans Silvester - Donga, Photo 1

This photograph was taken by Hans Silvester, who spent several times in Ethiopia, immersed in the tribes, and who captured the ritual of donga: a fight with sticks to seduce the women. 

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When the dry season comes, it is in the natural water holes at the bottom of the gorges that the shepherds bathe and decorate themselves with paintings.

Hans Silvester went more than thirty times to Ethiopia, in the Rift Valley, to meet the Suris. This semi-nomadic people live far from the modern world. Hans Silvester captured the ritual of the "donga" which can be translated as "duel with the stick". Strength, bravery and intelligence are the determining factors in these man against man fights. It is a very ancient ritual that brings together several tribes, and is especially an issue of conquest of women. The winners, adulated and elevated to the rank of heroes, concentrate the female gaze. 

Before the fight, the men will prepare themselves, clean themselves, make themselves beautiful. Some put on protective gear because the fights are merciless. Very attentive to their appearance, the Suris coat their bodies with natural pigments or ashes. 

Retour De Voyage has selected this photo which looks like a statue of Rodin. The talent of Hans Silvester and his sense of observation knew how to freeze this image. 

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