[INCREDIBLE PHOTOS] Women Beaten with Canes and Scarred to Prove Their Strength

The heritage of an initiation ceremony sees that women belonging to Ethiopia's Hamar tribe get beaten until thick scars coloured dull red and black cover the backs of the women.

Screaming is not permitted by the men wielding the canes but the women don't care. Instead of fleeing, they beg the men to do it again and again until blood flows, dripping into the gritty red dust of the Omo River Valley. See more shocking pictures after the cut...