Photo Share - Peace Pact in Karamoja |
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June 9th, 2005 - 10:26AM |
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Photo: Lucy Apio/The IRC From the IRC's Lucy Apio, in Uganda, where the IRC and its partners are helping establish dialogues for peace among ethnic groups in the Karamoja region, where recurrent drought and hunger have sparked fierce competition for scarce resources: "Cattle rustling is a great source of inter-ethnic conflict in and around Karamoja. This photograph illustrates the traditional reconciliation ceremony where the two warring groups of Dodoth and Jie, having resolved their conflict, agreed to drink the blood of a sacrificial animal in one calabash. The Dodoth and Jie have been fighting and killing each other since 1995. This ceremony has sealed the peace and the two are now friends and are grazing their animals in one area--a big sign of peace. The drinking of blood in one calabash symbolises peace and togetherness, and that the covenant has been sealed with blood, and shall never be revoked. Whoever breaks it will experience heavy curses from god." Posted By: Kathleen Sands | Africa, Photo Shares Permalink |
