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The stick boys

The stick boys of the Banna tribe in Ethiopia walk on stilts for many reasons; The main ones being that they use it as a vantage point to look for oncoming dangers from the wild and at the same time avoiding dangerous creep crawlers in the thicket.

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The stick boys

The stick boys of the Banna tribe in Ethiopia walk on stilts for many reasons; The main ones being that they use it as a vantage point to look for oncoming dangers from the wild and at the same time avoiding dangerous creep crawlers in the thicket.

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