![]() The Mursi Tribe is situated in the Omo Valley and Mago National Park of Ethiopia, hedged in between rivers and mountain ranges. The current leader ( Kômoru) in control of Mursiland is Ulijarhola Konyonomora, a member of the Omo Valley’s Mursi tribe. In order to preserve this connection between the Mursi People and Tumwi, Kômoru must not leave Mursiland under any circumstances. Tumwi’s role is characterized by performance of public rituals, asking to bring rain, to protect the people of the tribe, cattle and crops from disease, to ward off threatened attacks from other tribes, to insure fertility of the soil, of community members and of the cattle. Tumwi helps of heal the situation and make better whatever the issue. The people communicate when they’re community is threatened by such events as crop pests, drought or disease/sickness. The Priest embodies the wellbeing of the entire tribe and acts as a means of communication between the Mursi people and Tumwi. ![]() ![]() The system is an inherited office, unlike the more informal political role of the Jalaba. The principal religious figure or leader of the society is known as Kômoru, the equivilant of a priest. This ‘force’ is usually located in the Sky, However occasionally it is believed that Tumwi manifests itself as a creature or being of the sky ( ahi a tumwin), and appears as rainbow or even sometimes a bird. Similarly to many other agro-pastoralists in East Africa, The Mursi People believed that there is a force greater than themselves, Known to them as Tumwi.
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