Faces of Africa

[Biscayne]

Yes, she has northern Ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church cross.

I didn't know Tattooing was a common practice amongst certain sect's of the Ethiopian church. How far back does tattooing go in Ethiopia?

 

[Sauanaffe Tustunnagee]

^^^^^
i've noticed for yeas this cross tattoo on the forehead is very common among Ethiopian(i assume Christian) women





Africa | Tigray woman • Axum, Ethiopia. Not an uncommon sight in the Amhara and Tigray regions of northern Ethiopia are religious tattoos known as n'qsat (ንቅሳት). | ©Siegfried Ehrmann




Africa | A Tigray Woman Has a Cross of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Tattooed on Her Forehead. Ethiopia | ©Evgeni Zotov




Tigray woman on her way to the south, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia





Tigray, Ethiopia




Africa: Coptic girl with Orthodox tattoo. During these long periods of maltreatment in Egypt, the Coptic practice of tattooing has become more prevalent. Ancient Egyptian tattooing can be definitively traced back to 2000 B.C. Early Egyptian Christians began tattooing themselves as "slaves of God". Early Egyptian monks began to brand their hands with Christian symbols

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Traditional tattoos of an Amhara woman

 

[Sauanaffe Tustunnagee]

here's another interesting Ethiopian tattoo practice which covers the neck/chin...i'm sure these tats have deep meaning but it's odd to see little girls to old Ethiopian women tatted up on their face like Wiz Kalifah

 

[Sauanaffe Tustunnagee]

here's some nice photos of Ethiopia's biggest tribe(the Oromo)

Ethnic Raya Wollo girls from Ethiopia.

Raya Wollo man

Young woman from the Raya Wollo tribe at Hayk market. Ethiopia. johangerrits

 

[Sauanaffe Tustunnagee]

Sidamo people from Southern Ethiopia

Beautiful Sidama tribe woman from Sidama region, Ethiopia

Sidama children from Ethiopia

Sidama people

Sidama woman

Sidama tribe girl

Sidama women of Titra Coffee Union, Ethiopia

Sidama women of Alaba sub-tribe origin, Ethiopia

Sidama (Alaba) woman, Ethiopia

Sidama man, Ethiopia

Sidama farmers exhibiting their coffee

 

[Sauanaffe Tustunnagee]

The Fulani/Peul and are also known for elaborate facial tattoos(wonder if their tradition is some how is related to the Ethiopian practice)

a beautiful Peul ( Fula,Fulani) woman. The Peul decorate their faces with beautiful tattoos. Photo taken in Northern Benin.

Wodaabe women, Lake Chad, Niger: Photos, Timothy Allen, Scar Tattoos,

“Tchoodi” facial tattoos are a tradition of Fulani women performed throughout Mali and other parts of West Africa, usually for beautification and as a coming-of-age rite for teenage girls.

Tattooed Fulani men

Africa | Fulani (Peule) women photographed in Cameroon

The Bororo are transhumant Fulani (Peul) who live in the north and far north of Cameroon, with families moving from village to village.

"Young Fulani (wodaabe) with traditional tattoos"

Africa | Fula (Peuhl) nomad in southern Chad.

Africa | Fula (Peuhl) nomad in southern Chad

 

[Sauanaffe Tustunnagee]

random Masai

 

[buffruff]

AAs would stand out big time in a carribean country, let alone most african countries. Nice to see how diverse pure blacks are though.

 

[EthioLady]

@Meh
Since the 1945-50.

@Carl Johnson

thanks for posting Sidama ethnic and Halaba ethnic pictures, they are the forgotten people of Ethiopia.

Sidama ethnic.


Halaba ethnic.

 

[Sauanaffe Tustunnagee]

AAs would stand out big time in a carribean country, let alone most african countries. Nice to see how diverse pure blacks are though.

i disagree....while there is diversity among usby and large AAs look like normal black people...there are Africans whom look AA and visa versa and no one bats an eye at them

 

[Biscayne]

AAs would stand out big time in a carribean country, let alone most african countries. Nice to see how diverse pure blacks are though.

I disagree. Going through some of those photos, many of them looked like some AA's that I know. Just with different garb.

 

[Sauanaffe Tustunnagee]

@EthioLady


yeah though i find them interesting in their own right Amhara and to a lessor extent Oromo plenty of shine as far as Ethiopians go so i wanted to highlight some of the little known ethnic groups your countryEthiopia's people(the women in particular) both culturally and physically are very diverse and beautiful..

 

[buffruff]

I disagree. Going through some of those photos, many of them looked like some AA's that I know. Just with different garb.

Yes but most AAs dont look like these people facially man, thats the difference its the facial structure, I can see CAC features in our structure not seen in pure blacks.

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The african blacks have younger looking faces.

 

[Budda]

Yes but most AAs dont look like these people facially man, thats the difference its the facial structure, I can see CAC features in our structure not seen in pure blacks.

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The african blacks have younger looking faces.

Compare Africans in the diaspora with AAS, and you'll see you're talking out you're ass lol.

 

[buffruff]

Compare Africans in the diaspora with AAS, and you'll see you're talking out you're ass lol.

AAs are just mongrels man.