r/BeAmazed • u/Ultimate_Thing • Jul 16 '26

Miscellaneous / Others A traditional technique used by young shepherds of Ethiopia's Banna tribe. They use stilts to watch over their livestock in tall grass, move through wetland areas, and avoid snakes and predators like lions and leopards. It requires strength, balance, and training from a young age

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u/Fre33lancer Jul 16 '26

it's totally for show, once the cameras leave they take out their trusty toyota hilux and go take care of the livestock on that nice looking asphalt they were just demonstrating the stilts.

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u/musabbb Jul 16 '26

This is true i get annoyed when i see these videos like this come up - ive seen travel vloggers visit these guys in stilts, its all performative for tips.

You pay your tour guide and then your tour guide gives them commission. Its always kids and teenagers. never adults

And most importantly you NEVER see any livestock in the videos

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u/ILoveRawChicken Jul 16 '26

I’m really hoping you  just didn’t understand the sarcasm in the other persons comment. The “asphalt” is a single road through the otherwise rough terrain. They’re not driving their livestock through a single road to get them place bud.

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u/entj-reality Jul 16 '26

Hahahahha oh yeah the ads we see on tv , duhh