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Nale is the daughter of one of the elders of the Suri tribe. I was fascinated by her beauty, dignity and charisma. She was all the time on my side watching me taking pictures, holding my reflector and making sure I am doing ok. I knew she also wanted to be photographed and I waited until the end. I wanted to make it a special "event", where the entire village would watch. I gave her a Polaroid. A few months later I returned to her village to give her the pictures. We stayed in mosquito tents right in the center of the village near a big fire place. In the night we had several warriors protecting us from the lions we could hear roar in the night. The Suri are an amazing and proud tribe, located near the South Sudanese border which leads often to fights with the neighboring tribes, that are trying to steal their goats and sheep. To get to the Suri tribe is difficult since you have to cross the Omo river. That helped the tribe to stay intact and not be impacted by globalization.