blood as they fight with sticks with the last man standing winning a bride.Spanish photographer Xavier Gil Tabios, 62, witnessed the outlawed "Donga" contests while staying with the Suri people for seven days in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia.In one image, a young man prepared for the next round of fighting as blood dripped off his head.Another photo featured a woman crying as she struggled to watch the terrifying battles unfold.Mr Tabios, of Barcelona, Spain, said: "They fight to demonstrate masculinity, for personal revenge, and to win a wife."The participants fight two by two until one winner emerges from the tournament."It can be an inhospitable place.
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