The people of Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes
in the Kunene and Omusati regions in
Northern Namibia have an upheld culture that
has defied western influence and agitation.

With a population of over 50,000, the women
engage in the daily activity of milking their cows, taking care of the children and other
extensive duties while the men go hunting
leaving, sometimes, for an extended period of
time.

These nomads’ wealth is determined by the
number of cattle one has. A polygamous people, the Himba girls are married off to male partners selected by their fathers once they attain puberty.

You cannot ignore the red skin they have. The red colour seen on their skin is called, the otjize paste ( a combination of butterfat, omuzumba scrub and ochre) and its function is to protect their skin from the sun and insect bites.


They are also guided by the belief that the
colour red signifies “Earth and blood”. Rather
than take their baths, the women take a smoke bath and apply aromatic resins on their skin.

Give honour to whom it is due: This saying is
applied differently in this tribe. When a visitor
comes knocking, a man shows his approval
and pleasure of seeing his guest by giving him the Okujepisa Omukazendu treatment.

This practice literally means that his wife is
given to his guest to spend the night while the husband sleeps in another room. In a case where there is no available room, her husband will sleep outside.

Huh

Cancellation of such tradition will be strongly kicked away by the male due to their enjoyment and greed...
The act is dirty....
Some african way of life can be very illiterate related..

Enough spreading of diseases.. AIDS et al

Women wey no dey baff?

I can imagine the smell for 'yonder'