SOUTH ETHIOPIA

KONSO>>Mecheke

Mechekie is regarded to be the best known and most regularly visited of the traditional Konso villages.Mecheke lies on a tall hill some 13km from Karat-Konso. Judging by the number of generation poles, the town is at least 400 years old, and today it supports about 3,000 people split into about ten sub-communities. There are four groups of waga statues left in Mecheke, some of them estimated to be more than 150 years old.