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The Hamar (also spelled Hamer) are an Omotic community inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia. They live in Hamerworeda (or district), a fertile part of the Omo River valley, in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR). They are largely pastoralists, so their culture places a high value on cattle.
Demographics
The 2003 national census reported 46,532 people in this ethnic group, of whom 10000 were urban inhabitants. The vast majority (99.13%) live in the SNNPR.
According to the Ethiopian national census of 1994, there were 42,838 Hamer language speakers, and 42,448 self-identified Hamer people, representing approximately 0.1% of the total Ethiopian population.
Culture
The Hamar are known for their unique custom of “bull jumping,” which
initiates a boy into manhood. First, female relatives dance and invite
whipping from men who have recently been initiated; this shows their
support of the initiate, and their scars give them a say on who they
marry.
The boy must run back and forth twice across the backs of a row of bulls or castrated steers, and is ridiculed if he fails.
The Assistant Administrator of Hamer Bena, Ato Imnet Gashab, has
commented that only seven tribal members have ever completed secondary
education.
Main article: Mingi
Mingi, in the religion of the Hamar and related tribes, is the state of being impure or “ritually polluted”. A person, often a child, who was considered mingi is killed by forced permanent separation from the tribe by being left alone in the jungle or by drowning in the river.