Turmi Tours

Turmi is a small market town located in southwestern Ethiopia, in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region.  It is elevated at around 925 metres above sea level. Home to many of the Hamer people, Turmi has a weekly market on Mondays. One product available at this market is incised gourds, used by local women as shopping baskets. Turmi is also notable for its traditional dances and the Jumping of the Bulls.  In January, 2005, Turmi was the location for global conference of pastoralists. This was the largest meeting of its type, attended by about 200 pastoralists, government representatives and UN and donor organisations from 23 countries on four continents. Conferees discussed common problems and possible strategies for continuing their way of life in an evolving world.