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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Eritrea: Danakil Waterhole

At sunrise near Thio, on Eritrea’s Red Sea coast, an old Danakil man rests on his shovel after unclogging a water hole in a dry river bed. His grandson pulls water from the hole to fill the bag on the donkey. 
     Unlike desert Danakil, who raise camels and goats and are nomadic, coastal Danakil are settled and civilized. At the time of this photograph, in 1967, they fished sharks whose fins they exported to Aden, in south Yemen, from where they found their way to China.
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Aux premiers rayons du soleil près de Thio, sur la côte Erythréenne de la mer rouge, un homme Danakil se repose sur sa pelle après avoir retiré du sable d’un trou d’eau dans le lit sec d’une rivière. Son petit-fils  en puise de l’eau pour remplir le sac sur l’âne.
     Contrairement aux Danakil nomades du désert, qui élèvent des chameaux et des chèvres, les pêcheurs Danakil de la mer rouge sont civilisés. A l’époque de cette photo, en 1967, ils pêchaient des requins dont les ailerons s’exportaient en Chine via Aden, au Yémen.