'When a girl gets married, she goes hunting' say the Hamar of southwest Ethiopia. No Hamar girl would want to remain unmarried, yet her wedding day is the saddest day of her life. Duka and Gardi are betrothed. Soon they must leave their families forever to marry men they've never met. Duka is secretly excited, but her young cousin Gardi dreads the day when she'll leave home to start a new life among strangers.