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Welcome again to Afroartista Films. The Daasanach are an ethnic group inhabiting parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan. Their main homeland is in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, adjacent to Lake Turkana. They have also been referred to as 'Geleb' in Ethiopia and are known as 'Merile' and 'Shangilla' in Kenya. According to the latest estimates, they number around 88,000 people.
Genetics,
Genetic studies suggest that the Daasanach exhibit a mix of Cushitic, Nilotic, and even Omotic ancestries, reflecting centuries of intermarriage and integration. Population genetic analyses of the Daasanach indicate that they are more closely related to Nilo-Saharan populations than they are to most Cushitic and Semitic Afro-Asiatic-speaking populations of Ethiopia and Kenya. An average Daasanach will contain;
60 percent Nilotic genetic component. This is attributed to the migrating Nilosaharan population who moved to the Omo valley after splitting with the Kenyan Pokot. It is also attributed to their interactions with neighbouring Nilotic-speaking groups like the Turkana and Samburu.
30 percent Cushitic. This is the primary component of their ancestry and comes from ancient East African populations.
The remainder 10 percent or so can be attributed to the Omotic speaking populations of southern Ethiopia and other surrounding groups influence.
Phenotype
The Daasanach are a vivid showcase of beauty and diversity, thanks to generations of intermarriage with neighboring Cushitic and Nilotic groups.
The Daasanach typically have dark to very dark skin tones, reflecting their adaptation to the hot, arid climates of the Omo Valley and surrounding regions. High cheekbones give their faces a regal touch, blending strong jawlines with elegantly slender cheeks, while their full lips radiate the unmistakable charm of East Africa.
Full, expressive lips—a hallmark of East African beauty—add to their striking appearance. Their tightly coiled, kinky hair echoes the Afro-textured traits of their lineage
Years of pastoralism, farming, and fishing have sculpted their bodies into masterpieces of toned muscle and endurance. But what truly sets the Daasanach apart is their artistry: intricate body scarification and decorative patterns, each telling a story or symbolizing something sacred.
Origins and history.
Hundreds of years ago proto-Nilotic ancestors of modern Nilotes migrated from modern South Sudan, with some heading to the African Great Lakes and others settling in southern Ethiopia.
Personality
Women
Daasanach women are one of the most photogenic people I have ever seen. They typically have a dark brown to ebony skin tone, a hallmark of their East African roots.
Challenges
Over the past fifty years, the Daasanach have lost much of their traditional lands due to exclusion from territories in Kenya and South Sudan, as well as environmental changes.
Beliefs
Most Daasanach people remain bound to their traditional religion. They worship a god they call Waag, a sky god who created the Earth.
Language
The Daasanach today speak the Daasanach language. It belongs to the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. Their language, Daasanach is closely related to other Cushitic languages spoken in the region, such as Oromo and Somali.
The Daasanach are primarily agropastoralists, cultivating sorghum, maize, pumpkins, and beans during the Omo River’s flooding season.
Ten surprising facts.
1. Women are circumcised by removing the . Women who are not circumcised are called animals or boys and cannot get married or wear clothes.
2. In the Daasanach world, more cows mean more clout. Got a massive herd? Congratulations, you’re now eligible for multiple wives.
3. After initiation men are able to marry and most are married before they are thirty. Girls marry between the ages of fifteen and twenty.
4. In Dasanach culture, it's a big shame to get your period while under your mother's roof. Forget awkward period talk—here, young girls might choose pregnancy over the "shame" of menstruation.
5. Their dress leans towards the extravagant, described as ‘tribal avant garde’ to say the least. The hairstyle of the Daasanach men is one of the most sophisticated in the Omo valley.
6. If a man loses his herds due to disease or drought, he becomes a Die, a poor person of a lower class; he must turn to fishing, hunting crocodile or tilling the land.
7. The Daasanach, have remarkably low prevalence of age-related frailty and cardiometabolic disease.
8. The Daasanach who herd cattle live in dome-shaped houses made from a frame of branches, covered with hides and woven boxes.
9. Marrying or even dancing with someone from your clan? Nope. Strictly forbidden.
10. The Dasanach have for a long time remained secluded, their language and culture even baffling their neighbors on both sides of the border.