Namibia
World Wide Customs: Namibia NAMIBIA: (1) The actual traditional way of dressing in Namibia is the one of the girl in the middle in the photo (1): they didn't really dress much! They belonged to a group called " Himba " (2): precisely they're part of a semi-nomadic, pastoral tribe. The tall and slender Himba women show off unique hairstyles (3) that are complicated and require hours of preparation. It involves braiding her hair and covering it in an unusual mixture of butter and ochre. (2) (3) To get protection from the sun, women use butter, ochre, and mud to prepare a paste " otjize " (4) that on being applied to the skin, gives them a reddish hue, symbolizing the significant unification of the earth’s red color and blood. (4) Women, on the other hand, wear skirt like dresses (5) that are made from calf skin and remain bare-breasted throughout their lives. ...