A happy Dassanech girl stands close to her family's goats outside a large traditional settlement in the Omo Delta of Southwest Ethiopia. She has had removed her two lower incisors _ a common practice among many pastoral people. The gap was originally made to feed those who contracted lockjaw; it is now a cultural practice.The Dassanech speak a language of Eastern Cushitic origin. They practice animal husbandry and fishing as well as agriculture.