Omo River

So with the publication, we kind of try to bring, you know, diversity, but also have some kind of a common denominator.

So with Ethiopia, for example, we covered the Omo Valley tribes and I'm writing about their material cultures, which is primarily beads that they wear around their body for community identity.

From Peru, we will be looking at weaving and natural dyeing of These are communities in Cusco, which is the sacred valley.

And in Iceland, it's actually sheep wool rearing season.

So, before we go to the book.

A few years ago, I watched a documentary about the Suri herders or Suri herders in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, which is one of these tribes who drink raw blood drawn from the live cows.

A practice which is ingenious, of course, because they're alive.

But also the first time I watched, I was a bit shocked.