Centuries of defending their territory and their herds has made them fierce.One Afar custom, now defunct, declared a man could not marry without first killing an enemy tribesman.

• 数个世纪，保卫领地和牧群，使得他们变得异常勇猛，甚至以前按照风俗（现已废除）本族男子需要首先杀死一个敌族部落的男子才能宣布结婚。