Women Of Hamar Tribe, Displaying Scars, Bull Jumping Ceremony, Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia. ? Jeremy Hunter /Axiom Photographic This Whipping Ritual Precedes The Main Bull Or Cattle Jump. The Village's Women (And In Particular, The Would-Be Jumper's Sisters) Purposefully Provoke The Maza Into Lashing Their Bare Backs With Sticks Which Inflict Raw, Open Wounds And Scar Them For Life. Women Are Eager To Be Whipped Because They Believe That This Ritual Proves Their True Womanhood. Because The Woman Was Whipped And Endured The Pain For The Man, In Future She Can Ask Him For Help If She Falls On Hard Times Because The Scars Prove The His Debt To Her.