‘Oromo society views women as the dominant creators and assimilators of cultural symbols. At this time, women were independently creating their own material expressions based on the emerging nationalist consciousness sweeping the Oromo countryside, and these practices continue today through the manipulation of new materials in the production of upper torso body art. Oromo women’s dress is most closely associated with the lower body and its association with procreation.’

http://oromocentre.org/2012/06/02/oromo-society-views-women-as-the-dominant-creators-and-assimilators-of-cultural-symbols/

http://gadaa.com/oduu/13959/2012/06/02/oromo-society-views-women-as-the-dominant-creators-and-assimilators-of-cultural-symbols/

http://www.creative8studios.com/oromia/

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