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The Bodi have earned some local fame for their annual ceremony, the ke’êl,which tke place around mid-June, the Bodi celebrate the beginning of a new year.
The Bodi have earned some local fame for their annual ceremony, the ke’êl,which tke place around mid-June, the Bodi celebrate the beginning of a new year. Men of various ages feed themselves exclusively with milk and blood for several months in order to have fat but firm bodies with protruding bellies.
During the time, he community gathers at the place of the local priest (komorut) and the men who have undergone this bodily transformation dance in circles, each local group being represented by one or more circles of men. They sing songs to glorify their priest and the fierceness of their group. Each Mela komorut holds the ke’êl dance successively. This is an important moment of festivities for the whole community.
It is tinged with competition between the local groups because everyone assesses the participants, who are valued for the fatness and impressiveness of their bodies.
After the ceremony, men resume a normal diet and lose weight rapidly since, in daily life, a fat body is recognized to be an impediment to general health and fitness. Outside of the context of the ke’êl, women and girls generally value a man’s beauty based on his height or stature.
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Jinka,Ethiopia
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