| Ethiopia, Harerge Province, Gewane. Afar girls with attractive hairstyles embellished with buttons and beads, harvest wild water lily bulbs in the marshlands of the Awash River. The bulbs are peeled, boiled and eaten like potatoes, or dried and pounded for later use.Proud and fiercely independent, the nomadic Afar people live in the low-lying deserts of Eastern Ethiopia.
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