She also spoke out about the remarkable stories she heard during her time their and about how beauty and nudity is seen by tribe members. (Image: CEN/Jesse Walker-Marisa Papen)(Image: CEN/Jesse Walker-Marisa Papen)Papen, who describes herself as a "free-spirited and wild hearted expressionist", said: "They have their own customs and beliefs, their own beauty-standards, their own religion, living life in harmony with nature and the spirit world. Papen travelled with Walker to the isolated Omo Valley in south-western Ethiopia, where she lived for a week with the Surma tribe. (Image: CEN/Jesse Walker-Marisa Papen)(Image: CEN/Jesse Walker-Marisa Papen)Papen said: "What we claim to call beautiful in our Western world isn’t quite the same how the Surma tribe pursues beauty. Papen explained that the tribe members dress according to preference or the situation they are in.

Source: Ethiopian News September 27, 2017 15:45 UTC