Mago-Nationalpark

The Mago National Park is located 770 km southwest of Addis Ababa in the area Gam Gofa in Ethiopia. It was founded in 1971 and is designed to protect large mammals such as giraffes, buffaloes and elephants. Its size is 2162 km ², it is at 450-2528 meters above sea level, the highest point is Mount Mago. It is drained by the river of the same Mago.

The park is characterized by a savanna landscape. In the Mago National Park Mursi lives of the people.

Mursi

The Mursi are an ethnic group in southern Ethiopia, specifically in Mago National Park, lives. The tribe are assigned less than 4,000 people living mainly from livestock and agriculture. Increasingly, the Mursi improve their income on the fact that they act as " Photo Objects " for tourists. Characteristic of this tribe is the conspicuous lower lip jewelry of women, consists of a large clay dish (up to 15 cm diameter). As a beauty also features a painted body and self-inflicted scars Jewelry apply. The tribe uses the same language Mursi.